About
Photon Queue is the first startup from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign accepted into the Duality Accelerator and the first quantum-focused UIUC startup. It is led by current and former PhD students from the labs of physics professors Paul Kwiat and Virginia Lorenz, and is based on research from Kwiat's group. The company develops efficient, lower-cost quantum memories by storing single photons in free-space storage loops, using optical switches paired with high-reflectivity mirrors and avoiding the complex transduction processes that other quantum memory approaches require. Its approach keeps photonic qubits intact through motion in compact spaces, without costly cryogenics, ovens, or vacuums, and is designed to work with virtually any single photon source. The technology uses multiplexed optical delay lines and Herriott cells for compact, efficient photon storage. Photon Queue joined the Chicago Quantum Exchange as a corporate partner. Its photon storage and retrieval technology has applications in quantum communication, computing, and metrology, including distributed quantum systems.
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