Dutch Startup on the Way to Make Quantum Photonic Processors Real

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QuiX was spun off from the University of Twente in 2019 to develop an optical processor for quantum computing capable of room-temperature operation.

www.eetasia.com, Jul. 12, 2022 – 

QuiX Quantum, an Enschede, Netherlands-based quantum photonic startup, announced it has raised €5.5 million in seed funding to take another step toward the photonic quantum computer.

QuiX was spun off from the University of Twente in 2019 to develop an optical processor for quantum computing capable of room-temperature operation. QuiX uses a silicon nitride–integrated waveguide technology. In March 2022, QuiX announced the commercial launch of a photonic quantum processor that the company says is capable of 20 qumodes and "outperforms the current generation of processors by almost a factor of 2."

Located on the campus of the University of Twente, it gathers photonics and quantum photonics experts. Ex-CEO and now director Hans van den Vlekkert started his career at Cordis Europe and created over 20 photonics companies, including PhoeniX, SatraX, Xio Photonics, and LioniX International. Jelmer Renema, expert in quantum photonics, is the CTO at QuiX and an assistant professor at the University of Twente.

In June, QuiX appointed Stefan Hengesbach as the new CEO, replacing van den Vlekkert. Hengesbach was previously managing director of the quantum startup Q.ANT in Stuttgart, Germany. He also had his dissertation awarded the Borchers Badge of RWTH Aachen University, as well as his research in the field of laser technology with the Hugo Geiger Prize of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and the WLT Prize of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik e.V. (Scientific Society for Laser Technology).

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