Q-Pods - Holistically Packaged Integrated Optoelectronic Devices for Quantum Systems

QPods是一种专用的机械和热稳定的光电子模块，用于驱动多个英国量子项目中使用的磁光阱（MOT）。QPods项目将通过将所有基本组件整体集成到一个坚固的包中，大大减少SWAPC。现有系统基于实验室级组件（通常是Thorlabs）。光学工作台上的光学部件的手动对准由于连续的对准漂移而导致整个系统的不稳定和性能的降低。在这个项目中，Bay Photonics将与NPL合作开发QPods，并与由多个最终用户和系统集成商组成的用户咨询委员会（UAB）密切合作。一些UAB成员正在开发/拥有包括各种配置的MOT室的系统;与现有的系统相比，QPods提供了（i）在光学对准漂移方面的3000倍改进，（与手动调整X-Y载物台/底座相比），（ii）减少组件数量（不需要对准光学器件），（iii）机械和热稳定性的显著改善（例如MIL-spec），（iv）整体形状因数从~ 60，000 cm 3减小到<100cm 3，（v）高度可扩展的生产，从而降低未来的成本，（vi）消除了劳动密集型手动调谐的需要--这对实验室以外的应用至关重要。QPods将使Bay Photonics成为UAB和更广泛的冷-原子社区增强设计将寻求利用离子捕获应用（例如量子计算机）的机会，高速电信和激光雷达也将在该项目中进行探索。

QPods is a dedicated mechanically and thermally stable optoelectronics module to drive magneto-optical traps (MOT) used in several UK Quantum projects. The QPods project will considerably reduce the SWAPC by holistically integrating all the essential components into a single ruggedised package.Existing systems are based on laboratory-grade components (often Thorlabs). Manual alignment of optical components on optical tables leads to instability of the overall system and reduction in performance due to continual alignment drift. This leads to difficulties in system-level production of atom trap-based quantum products.In this project, Bay Photonics will develop QPods, in collaboration with NPL and with close engagement with a user advisory board (UAB) comprising several end-users and system integrators. Several UAB members are developing/have systems that include various configurations of MOT chambers; each have expressed the critical need for QPods to compliment/complete their product offerings.Compared with existing systems, QPods offers (i) \>3000x improvement in optical alignment drift (vs. manual tuning X-Y stages/mounts), (ii) reduction in the number of components (no alignment optics required), (iii) considerable improvement in mechanical and thermal stability (e.g. MIL-spec), (iv) reduction in overall form-factor from ~60,000 cm3 to <100 cm3, (v) highly scalable production thereby reducing future costs, (vi) eliminates the need for labour intensive manual tuning -- essential for applications outside the laboratory.QPods will enable Bay Photonics to establish themselves as key suppliers to the UAB and wider cold-atom community. Augmented designs will seek exploit opportunities in ion-trapping applications (for e.g. Quantum Computers), high-speed telecoms and LIDAR will also be explored in the project.