News and Updates, June 2023

The Future of Resilient Navigation Unveiled

We are excited to announce breakthrough progress in advancing the field of quantum navigation by a University of Colorado Boulder team in work supported by Infleqtion and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The team demonstrated the world's first software-configured, quantum-enabled high-performance accelerometer by combining machine learning with quantum sensing. It is designed for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) applications that operate under accelerations up to several tens of times the Earth's gravity (g).

Milestone Achieved: Photonic Integrated Beam Delivery for a Rubidium 3D Magneto-Optical Trap

Cold atoms play a crucial role in advancing quantum technologies for precision timing, navigation, and sensing applications. A UC Santa Barbara team led by Daniel Blumenthal achieved a significant milestone by demonstrating a photonic-integrated MOT (PICMOT) using a photonic chip to deliver laser cooling beams. With Infleqtion's miniMOT, they successfully trapped over 1 million rubidium atoms, cooling them to temperatures below 1 mK. Making the optical components of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) for laser-cooled atoms smaller will help implement these technologies in portable devices.

• View the paper in Nature
• Learn more about the miniMOT
• Find out more about the Blumenthal Group at UC Santa Barbara

Podcast Episode: Quantum clocks, sensors and more

On Yuval Boger 's Superposition Guy’s podcast, CEO Scott Faris discussed his tips for turning an organization into a product company, the importance of quantum clocks, and much more.

Attending World of QUANTUM?

Join us at World of QUANTUM 2023 to learn how Infleqtion’s quantum cores and plug-and-play solutions can enable your cutting-edge research and product development. Our team of experts will be in Hall A1 at booth 211. Contact us if you’d like to set up a time to meet with us at the conference.

Inside Quantum Technology Canada Conference 2023

Dr. Robert Sutor and Dr. William Clark Clark will participate in Inside Quantum Technology's Canada Quantum Conference, focusing on Ecosystems for Quantum Readiness.

U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology Released

The U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies emphasizes the U.S. Government's support for our private sector-led standards and engagement in international standards for critical and emerging technologies to strengthen U.S. leadership and competitiveness in standards development, including Quantum Technologies.

Quantum Zeitgeist:?A Game-Changing Platform for Quantum Physics Education and Research: miniMOT V2

The miniMOT V2 is a portable off-the-shelf trapped atom vacuum system that facilitates the creation and manipulation of quantum matter using rubidium (Rb) or cesium (Cs) atoms. With a user-friendly interface, the miniMOT V2 allows greater control over system parameters for neutral atom experiments and enables the integration of quantum technologies into physics curricula.

Infleqtion Appoints Retired United States Air Force Major General Cameron Holt to Advisory Board

As the most senior contracting officer of the United States Air Force, Cameron Holt led a global contracting portfolio worth over $825 billion and oversaw the work of 8,000+ contracting professionals who executed operational enterprise sourcing and major weapons systems contracting on a global scale.

Jay Wisham, Former Army Applications Lab Executive Director, joins Infleqtion as an Executive Advisor

Jay Wisham 's extensive experience in implementing cutting-edge technologies for national security, including AI and data-enabled systems, will contribute to Infleqtion's mission of advancing quantum technology for commercialization and enhancing national security capabilities.

Fault-Tolerant Measurement-Free Quantum Error Correction with Multi-Qubit Gates

Dr. Mark Saffman and Dr. Michael A Perlin have released a preprint that examines a modified version of the Steane code that does not require measurements. The study also explores the necessary conditions for achieving fault-tolerance.

Key findings include: (1) a 0.7% pseudothreshold with a previously considered noise model, (2) the observation that current multi-qubit gates with neutral atoms do not obey the noise model above, and are not compatible with fault-tolerance for common QEC codes, and (3) fault-tolerant measurement-free QEC probably requires QEC codes with "single-shot" fault-tolerance.