Alpine Quantum Technologies
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Quantum computing |
| Founded 📆 | 2018 |
| Founders 👔 | Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, Thomas Monz |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Technikerstrasse 17/1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Trapped ion quantum computation |
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| 🌐 Website | [1] |
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Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) is a quantum computing hardware company based in Innsbruck, Austria. AQT is developing and building a general-purpose trapped ion quantum computer[1], and collaborating with partners on the development of quantum algorithms.[2]
History
AQT was co-founded by quantum physicists Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, and Thomas Monz in 2018. The company is a spin-off from the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, and still cooperating with these on several projects.[3] The University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency are major shareholders in the firm which is also supported by the Federation of Austrian Industries Tyrol.[4][5][6]
In the last decades, the founders of AQT have made notable academic advances in the field of quantum information science [7][8], which have contributed to establishing ion trap technology as one of the most promising hardware platforms for quantum information processing.[9] AQT is attempting to transfer this technology from a scientific laboratory environment to practical use.[10] It aims at presenting a commercial quantum computer by 2022 and was awarded as a Technology Pioneer “poised to have a significant impact on business and society”[11] by the World Economic Forum in 2020.[12]
Technology
AQT’s hardware core builds upon ion trap technology and was developed by Rainer Blatt and coworkers in the past decades, following a theoretical proposal by Peter Zoller and Ignacio Cirac from 1995.[13]
In 2019, AQT began to open their architecture to quantum software developing frameworks such as Cirq[14] and Qiskit[15] and started to provide access to ion trapping hardware operated by the University of Innsbruck to selected partners for academic purposes.[16]
References
- ↑ "AQT website". www.aqt.eu.
- ↑ Seiser, Michaela. "Quantentechnologie aus Tirol", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German), Frankfurt, 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "Flagship projects with participation of researchers of the University of Innsbruck". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ Meier, Christian J. (26 January 2019). "Europa bläst beim Bau eines Quantencomputers zur Aufholjagd – doch etwas Entscheidendes fehlt noch". www.nzz.ch (in Deutsch). Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "Medieninformation: Standort Tirol: Quantencomputer auf dem Weg zum Markt". www.standort-tirol.at (in Deutsch). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "The Federation of Industrialists Tirol became a shareholder at AQT". www.aqt.eu.
- ↑ Georgescu, Iulia (2020-05-20). "Trapped Ion Quantum Computing turns 25". Nature Reviews Physics. 2 (June 2020): 278. Bibcode:2020NatRP...2..278G. doi:10.1038/s42254-020-0189-1. Retrieved 29 June 2020. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Commissariat, Tushna; Johnston, Hamish. "Physics World Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year 2016". www.physicsworld.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ Gerbert, Philipp; Rueß, Frank. "The Next Decade in Quantum Computing--and How to Play". www.bcg.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ Wordsworth, Richard. "Alpine Quantum Technologies: Selling Quantum to the masses". www.quantumtechcongress.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "WEF Technology Pioneers". www.weforum.org. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ↑ "Weltwirtschaftsforum zeichnet Tiroler Quantencomputer-Start-up aus". www.derstandard.at. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ↑ Cirac, J. I.; Zoller, P. (1995-05-15). "Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ions". Physical Review Letters. 74 (20): 4091–4094. Bibcode:1995PhRvL..74.4091C. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.74.4091. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10058410.
- ↑ "Quantum computers by AQT and University of Innsbruck leverage Cirq for quantum algorithm development".
- ↑ Russel, John (11 November 2019). "IBM Adds Support for Ion Trap Quantum Technology to Qiskit". hpcwire.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ↑ "AQT services". Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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