Quantinuum announces its new laboratory space in Broomfield
Quantinuum has unveiled our new optics and electromechanical engineering laboratory space at our largest operating site, in Broomfield Colorado.
Not only is the new space more than twice as big as the space we occupy today, but it will also house a clean, quiet, temperature controlled, state-of-the-art laboratory that befits the excellence of the work we do here.
Our hardware engineering and teams are focused on optimizing, customizing, and miniaturizing the components that power the H-Series quantum computers, demanding that our teams blur the boundaries between discrete disciplines, such as bulk optics and micro photonics, or embedded software and control electronics. Getting the handover right between different deeply skilled experts requires proximity and an intimate understanding of how one workflow blends into the other.
This is why this new lab space will make such a powerful contribution to our hardware success: because it is built around the needs of deeply connected, multidisciplinary teams, entirely focused on our goal of designing and building the first truly useful, breakaway quantum computer.
Six things you need to know about Quantinuum’s new lab
- State-of-the-Art Facility: Our new lab, with its state-of-the-art design and facilities, creates an environment for collaboration that will spur advances in the fields of optics, photonics, electromechanical engineering, and others.
- Expansive and Efficient Space: The lab is not only going to be much larger than what we have today, it is also highly functional, with high ceilings and cloud superstructures over optics benches for better movement and workflow, which will afford our teams greater flexibility and access to every angle of the technology they are creating.
- Advancing Micro and Nano Optics: As we aim to reduce our beam delivery size, we're drawing together the work of different teams, creating a dynamic environment where optics transitions into photonics, yielding new potential in terms of size, scale and performance. The location of certain teams will enable such cross-disciplinary workflows.
- Custom Fabrication Capabilities: The new optics lab, together with our highly capable chip and trap fabrication capabilities, is designed to enable generational transitions from off-the-shelf, multipurpose optical components to fabricating more compact and fit-for-purpose devices: Think of moving from Functionality on a Table, through Functionality on a Chip, to Functionality on a Trap.
- Greater Collaboration and Integration: The new laboratory layout improves the way some teams are co-located, with an eye always toward helping to enhance collaboration. For example, the new engineering space was designed to facilitate close cooperation between the electronics and software teams who design our control systems, as well as the mechanical teams who package the hardware and the test teams who validate it. Such proximity between disciplines supports faster decision-making and more efficient resolution of interdisciplinary challenges, leading to a virtuous circle of accelerated design and development, faster innovation, and better quantum computers.
- Ready for Future Expansion: As we prepare for the next stage of the journey towards fault-tolerant quantum computing, where demand for quantum compute will scale exponentially everywhere, this new laboratory space is fit for the future as well as meeting the demands of today.
Kaniah is Chief Legal Counsel and SVP of Government Relations for Quantinuum. In her previous role, she served as General Counsel, Honeywell Quantum Solutions. Prior to Honeywell, she was General Counsel, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC, and Senior Attorney, U.S. Department of Energy. She was Lead Counsel before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Kaniah holds a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law and B.A., International Relations and Spanish from the College of William and Mary.
Jeff Miller is Chief Information Officer for Quantinuum. In his previous role, he served as CIO for Honeywell Quantum Solutions and led a cross-functional team responsible for Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Physical Security. For Honeywell, Jeff has held numerous management and executive roles in Information Technology, Security, Integrated Supply Chain and Program Management. Jeff holds a B.S., Computer Science, University of Arizona. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of Commander.
Matthew Bohne is the Vice President & Chief Product Security Officer for Honeywell Corporation. He is a passionate cybersecurity leader and executive with a proven track record of building and leading cybersecurity organizations securing energy, industrial, buildings, nuclear, pharmaceutical, and consumer sectors. He is a sought-after expert with deep experience in DevSecOps, critical infrastructure, software engineering, secure SDLC, supply chain security, privacy, and risk management.
Todd Moore is the Global Vice President of Data Encryption Products at Thales. He is responsible for setting the business line and go to market strategies for an industry leading cybersecurity business. He routinely helps enterprises build solutions for a wide range of complex data security problems and use cases. Todd holds several management and technical degrees from the University of Virginia, Rochester Institute of Technology, Cornell University and Ithaca College. He is active in his community, loves to travel and spends much of his free time supporting his family in pursuing their various passions.
Retired U.S. Army Major General John Davis is the Vice President, Public Sector for Palo Alto Networks, where he is responsible for expanding cybersecurity initiatives and global policy for the international public sector and assisting governments around the world to prevent successful cyber breaches. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, John served as the Senior Military Advisor for Cyber to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. Prior to this assignment, he served in multiple leadership positions in special operations, cyber, and information operations.
