Carina

The world's first universal photonic quantum computer ready for customer deployment.

Developed as part of the UPQC project of the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative (DLR QCI), funded by the German Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space.

For years, photonic quantum computing faced a fundamental divide: near-term systems could be deployed but were not built to scale toward universality, while universal approaches often remained confined to specialized laboratory environments.

With Carina, QuiX Quantum has chosen the more demanding path: building a room-temperature, deployable photonic quantum computer that brings the core building blocks of universal quantum computing into one integrated system.

Carina combines photon generation, integrated photonic processing, high-speed switching, cluster-state generation, detection and fast feed-forward control. By bringing these technologies together in a customer environment, Carina is set to mark a critical milestone on the path toward scalable, fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing.

Universality
Designed to implement a universal gate set enabling any quantum operation.
Photon Generator
Heralded single photons are created using on-chip nonlinear optical processes.
Multiplexer
Successful photon- generation events are synchronized through switching network and delay-line architecture.
Resource State Generator
On-chip cluster states are created, unlocking measurement-based quantum computing.
Prep & Measurement Layer (PACU)
Adaptive single-qubit operations are executed via reconfigurable photonic chips.
Feed-Forward Control (FFCU)
Evaluation of measurement outcomes and adaptation of subsequent measurement settings is crucial for universality.
Control Infrastructure
Provides the classical control backbone for photonic chips, fast modulators and system level execution.
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Carina
Carina, QuiX Quantum's universal photonic quantum computer for customer deployment: its architecture, core technologies, and route to fault tolerance.
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