The performance and reliability of quantum sensors and devices is dependent on the length of time the underlying quantum states can remain coherent. And computing based on quantum bits, or qubits, which can represent a one, a zero, or a coherent linear combination of one and zero, could open routes to new kinds of computation.
High-precision atomic clocks can enable timekeeping for navigation and communications with GPS-like performance even in GPS-denied environments. It is not lost on DARPA that controlling quantum phenomena is an increasingly important challenge in the realm of national defense. This is particularly the case as sensor and device performance continue to improve and approach their fundamental limits. The projects involve atomic clock technology and radiofrequency sensors.Whether it is excited electrons emitting photons in a lightbulb or the vibrational frequency of atoms in an atomic clock, quantum phenomena are simultaneously fundamental aspects of nature and the basis of current state-of-the-art and future technologies. military awarded two contracts to ColdQuanta, totaling $1.4 million in funding. This effort advances quantum-enabled and secure communications as well as quantum computer networking through the development of a novel quantum memory device based on storing quantum information in a lattice of cold atoms.Ī branch of the U.S. NASA Ames awarded ColdQuanta $684k under the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Transformational Communications Technology effort. As a key milestone toward such systems, ColdQuanta will deliver hardware subsystems that enable building cold-atom-based gyroscopic sensors. DARPA’s goal is to produce the world’s best sensors (atomic clocks and gyroscopes) with a size, weight, and power consumption that make them suitable for widespread deployment ranging from ships to aerial vehicles to dismounted soldiers. The A-PhI program is focused on combining the high accuracy of atomic systems with the portability, manufacturability, and robustness of photonic integrated chips for high-performance position, navigation, and timing (PNT) devices as an alternative to today’s Global Positioning System (GPS). Our team is excited about the new projects and the continued development of our Quantum Core technology, with the goal of delivering and deploying quantum positioning systems (QPS), quantum signal processing (QSP) and quantum computers in the future.”ĭARPA awarded ColdQuanta $721k in partnership with the University of Virginia under its A-PhI (Atomic-Photonic Integration) program. Dana Anderson, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ColdQuanta, commented on the news: “While each of these awards focus on a different application of cold atom technology, taken together they are important milestones toward the development of quantum systems for global positioning and communications. “These new awards underscore the importance of quantum atomics as the basis of a wide range of new quantum systems in the future.”ĭr.
government agencies and national labs,” said Bo Ewald, CEO of ColdQuanta.
“ColdQuanta’s success in delivering advanced systems in prior projects, such as our Cold Atom Laboratory system on board the International Space Station, has earned us the trust of major U.S.
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