Paris, 27 July 2022 – It’s a world first. Quandela, a French start-up specialising in
quantum photonics, has announced the release of a connector that makes its Perceval
software available to scientists and developers of quantum computers. It is now
possible for them to run qubit code on photonic processors, from third-party
frameworks, and thus benefit from all the advantages of photonic quantum computing.
Perceval*, the software suite developed and launched in March 2022 by Quandela, is an opensource software platform for photonic quantum computing. It allows users to define photonic
quantum circuits, to implement and develop algorithms and protocols, and to run these on
a variety of optimized simulation backends, and later this year on real
photonic quantum processors.
The latest release of Perceval introduces connectors. These open up the world of photonic
processing to third party frameworks tailored for gate-based qubit quantum processing (e.g.,
Qiskit). The release also incorporates some of the latest advances in photonic quantum
computing, including the LOv-calculus, a graphical rewriting tool that in particular
enables automated simplification of photonic quantum circuits.
“Perceval’s connectors will allow quantum computer scientists and developers to run existing
qubit code on photonic processors, combining the best of qubit and photonic quantum
processing, opening up exciting possibilities for hybrid and cross-platform algorithms, and for
the first time bringing photonic tools like the LOv-calculus for circuit rewriting and simplification
to the wider quantum computing community” clarifies Shane Mansfield, Chief Research Officer
at Quandela
Quandela’s photonic technology has many advantages compared to other quantum
technologies, as photons are not affected by environmental perturbations, which allows
photonic processors to operate largely at room temperature. Furthermore, the quality of the
single photon sources developed at Quandela brings us considerably closer to scalable
photonic quantum computers, removing one of the main obstacles to their development.
Quandela, entreprise leader dans le domaine du calcul quantique, propose des solutions de niveau industriel. Quandela conçoit, construit et fournit des systèmes quantiques prêts à l’emploi pour les datacenters, des processeurs quantiques accessibles via le cloud, et des services d’accès aux algorithmes.
Fondée en 2017 par la professeure Pascale Senellart, directrice de recherche au Centre de nanosciences et nanotechnologies (C2N) du CNRS, Niccolo Somaschi et Valérian Giesz, experts de renommée internationale en physique quantique, Quandela emploie plus de 100 collaborateurs de 20 nationalités différentes, en majorité des chercheurs et des ingénieurs en optique, algorithmes et sciences de l’information.
Quandela s’engage à rendre l’informatique quantique accessible à tous pour relever les défis industriels et sociétaux les plus complexes.
Pour en savoir plus : www.quandela.com
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Quandela, a leader in quantum computing, specializes in industry-grade quantum computing solutions. Quandela designs, builds, and supplies datacenter-ready quantum computing systems, cloud-accessible quantum processors, and algorithm with industrial value.
Founded in 2017 by Professor Pascale Senellart, Research Director at the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N) at CNRS, Niccolo Somaschi and Valerian Giesz, internationally renowned experts in quantum physics, Quandela currently has over 100 employees from 20 different nationalities, mostly researchers and engineers in optical, algorithm and data science.
Quandela is committed to making advanced quantum computing accessible and beneficial for all, empowering innovators to solve the most complex industrial and societal challenges.
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