QuiX Quantum Advances Photonic Quantum Error Correction Through European QuBriC Initiative

Enschede, the Netherlands, 8 September 2026 – QuiX Quantum is contributing to QuBriC – Bridging Quantum and Classical Error Correction for Scalable Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, a European research initiative dedicated to advancing scalable, hardware-ready quantum error correction.

Quantum error correction is one of the fundamental requirements for moving from today’s quantum computers toward larger, fault-tolerant systems. For photonic quantum computing in particular, error correction needs to account for the specific characteristics of photons, integrated photonic hardware, loss, measurement and feed-forward.

Within QuBriC, QuiX Quantum contributes directly to research on quantum error correction for photonic architectures and physics-aware quantum code design, connecting theoretical approaches with the requirements of future photonic quantum computing systems.

“The next major step in quantum computing is not simply increasing the number of physical qubits. It is creating reliable logical qubits that allow increasingly complex computations to be performed at scale,” said Dr. Stefan Hengesbach, CEO of QuiX Quantum. “Quantum error correction is therefore central to our path toward fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing.”

Bringing quantum error correction closer to photonic hardware

QuiX Quantum contributes to two doctoral research projects within the QuBriC programme.

One project, led by Barbara Terhal at QuTech, TU Delft, focuses on:

Quantum error correction for photonic optical and microwave bosonic architectures.

The research will investigate how quantum error-correction concepts can be translated into approaches that reflect the properties and constraints of physical quantum computing architectures.

QuiX Quantum also contributes to a second doctoral research project led by Jens Eisert at Freie Universität Berlin, focused on the theoretical foundations of physics-aware quantum code design.

“Error correction cannot be considered independently from the hardware architecture,” said Dr. Jelmer Renema, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of QuiX Quantum. “Photonics offers important advantages for scaling quantum systems, but it also creates specific requirements around loss, state generation, measurement and feed-forward. Designing error correction with these characteristics in mind is essential for scalable photonic quantum computing.”

QuiX Quantum thanks Barbara Terhal and Jens Eisert for leading these research efforts and for the opportunity to contribute its photonic quantum computing expertise to the programme.

Strengthening the path toward fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing

QuBriC brings together expertise in classical coding theory, quantum information, software and quantum hardware to develop new approaches to quantum error correction that can ultimately be implemented on real quantum computing systems.

For QuiX Quantum, participation strengthens the connection between its photonic quantum computing architecture and Europe’s broader research effort around fault-tolerant quantum computing.

The programme complements QuiX Quantum’s ongoing development of scalable photonic quantum computing systems and its longer-term objective of enabling meaningful fault-tolerant quantum computation.

“Europe has world-class capabilities in photonics, quantum hardware and quantum science,” Hengesbach added. “Connecting these capabilities around the challenge of fault-tolerant quantum computing is essential if Europe wants to translate scientific strength into globally competitive quantum systems.”

QuBriC is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network under Horizon Europe. The programme brings together 23 academic and industrial partners and will train 15 doctoral researchers working across quantum error correction and multiple quantum computing architectures.

About QuiX Quantum

QuiX Quantum is a European photonic quantum computing company founded in Enschede, the Netherlands, in 2019. The company develops integrated photonic quantum computing hardware and describes its approach as full-stack and fabless, with systems designed for modularity, scalability, and compatibility with data center and HPC environments. QuiX Quantum has offices in the Netherlands and Germany and is developing universal photonic quantum computing systems based on its silicon nitride photonic technology.

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