DARPA Awards Contract to Qunnect to Advance Real-Time Polarization Compensation for Quantum Networks - Quantum Computing Report

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a research contract to quantum networking hardware startup Qunnect to enhance the signal stability and resilience of entanglement-based telecom fiber networks. Associated with DARPA’s Quantum Augmented Networks (QuANET) program and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiatives, the contract provides funding to advance the next generation of Qunnect’s automated polarization compensation module, a core component within its flagship Carina™ entanglement distribution system. In real-world telecommunications infrastructure, ambient temperature shifts, mechanical stress, and physical vibrations cause rapid polarization drift in optical fiber, corrupting single-photon quantum states in transit. Qunnect’s Carina platform acts like active [...]

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