This contract from the U.S. Air Power Analysis Laboratory (AFRL) will cowl a 4 12 months interval and can concentrate on analysis for creating {hardware} that may scale, community, and deploy a number of quantum programs. A part of the corporate’s technique is to scale bigger quantum programs by utilizing photonic networking and optical switching applied sciences to attach a number of computing modules collectively.

Particular applied sciences included on this analysis embrace down conversion to transform the wavelengths of sunshine used internally inside a quantum pc to a distinct wavelength extra appropriate with customary telecommunications gear for transmission whereas nonetheless preserving entanglement. One other expertise that can be included on this contract is quick switching expertise for routing the alerts between completely different quantum processors. These applied sciences will have to be developed for environments of curiosity to the Air Power and would require miniaturization, modularity, availability, and ruggedization. This work will construct upon earlier analysis carried out by IonQ together with progress in attaining Ion-Photon entanglement which the company announced earlier this 12 months.

This contract represents a proceed relationship between IonQ and AFRL. In September 2022, the corporate obtained a $13.4 million contract to provide quantum computing {hardware} to AFRL. And in September 2023, the corporate obtained a $25.5 million contract to deploy two barium-based trapped ion quantum computing programs on the lab. Total, the corporate has been rising income by almost 225% and rising bookings by nearly 100% over the previous three years.

Extra details about these contracts may be discovered on the corporate’s Newsroom net web page here.

September 27, 2024