QuEra Computing Inc. is a quantum computing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company develops quantum computers using neutral atoms based on research conducted at both

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

and

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. QuEra also develops software for simulating systems of Rydberg atoms. and finding solutions to

Combinatorial Optimization Combinatorial optimization is a subfield of mathematical optimization that consists of finding an optimal object from a finite set of objects, where the set of feasible solutions is discrete or can be reduced to a discrete set. Typical combi ...

problems. QuEra actively conducts research in

Condensed Matter Physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the s ...

and combinatorial optimization using neutral atoms as well.

History

QuEra Computing was founded by

Mikhail Lukin Mikhail Lukin (russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Луки́н); born 10 October 1971) is a Russian theoretical and experimental physicist and a professor at Harvard University. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Scien ...

, Vladan Vuletić,

Markus Greiner Markus Greiner is a German physicist and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. Greiner studied under the Nobel Laureate Theodor Hänsch at the Ludwig-Maximilians University and at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, where he recei ...

, Dirk Englund, Nathan Gemelke, and John Pena in 2018. Prior to QuEra’s founding, research into using and controlling neutral atoms had already started in 2015 at Harvard and MIT, culminating in a 51-qubit machine which later led to the development of a 256-qubit machine. On October 24th 2024, the

Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) is an intercollegiate high-performance computing facility located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, connected to that city's municipal fiber grid and powered by Holyoke Gas and Electric via t ...

announced a $16 million expansion to its computing campus, planning to build a

quantum computing Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers. Thou ...

complex.

QuEra Computing QuEra Computing Inc. is a quantum computing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company develops quantum computers using Rydberg atom, neutral atoms based on research conducted at both Harvard University and MIT. QuEra also develops soft ...

was announced as a partner in the project.

Technology

QuEra uses neutral atoms based on

Rubidium Rubidium is the chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. It is a very soft, whitish-grey solid in the alkali metal group, similar to potassium and caesium. Rubidium is the first alkali metal in the group to have a density hig ...

which are controlled and trapped using lasers as its

qubit In quantum computing, a qubit () or quantum bit is a basic unit of quantum information—the quantum version of the classic binary bit physically realized with a two-state device. A qubit is a two-state (or two-level) quantum-mechanical system, ...

s. On November 1, 2022, QuEra released its 256-qubit machine ''Aquila'', to the general public through the Amazon cloud service Braket. QuEra currently supports an analog computing mode that relies on the Rydberg blockade phenomena and the position of atoms to achieve

superposition Superposition may refer to: Science and mathematics * Law of superposition in geology and archaeology, which states that sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence, with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on the top * Superposit ...

and

entanglement Entanglement may refer to: * Quantum entanglement * Orientation entanglement * Entanglement (graph measure) * Entanglement of polymer chains, see Reptation * Wire entanglement * in fishery: method by which fish are caught in fishing nets ** uninten ...

. The analog mode could allow problems such as the Maximum Weight

Independent set (graph theory) In graph theory, an independent set, stable set, coclique or anticlique is a set of vertices in a graph, no two of which are adjacent. That is, it is a set S of vertices such that for every two vertices in S, there is no edge connecting the tw ...

(MWIS) to be expressed and solved with research from the company to map other problems onto MWIS as well QuEra plans to offer a hybrid analog-digital quantum computer soon followed by a fully digital gate-based system.

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External links

* {{Official website, https://www.quera.com/ Companies based in Boston American companies established in 2018

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