Photonic quantum startup QuiX Quantum has unveiled its Photonic Assembly Control Unit (PACU), a rack-mountable control unit designed to standardize the control layer of the company’s photonic systems.
In a statement, QuiX said the unit has been designed to reduce operational complexity in large-scale systems by supporting the modularity and serviceability requirements outside of laboratory environments.
QuiX Quantum PACU – QuiX Quantum
The PACU comes in a 3U, 19-inch rack-mounted design, offering Ethernet and USB connectivity, E2000 optical connectors, and air cooling and individual tunable-element control. QuiX said the control unit supports up to 1,000 low-speed phase shifters and up to 32 high-speed phase shifters, all of which can be updated in less than two milliseconds.
QuiX said its PACU improves “reproducibility, maintenance, and replacement workflows,” and by allowing photonic assemblies to be connected through board-to-board connectors rather than flat cables, it creates a more resilient interface as it supports hot-swapping.
