NKT has recently been in close collaboration with the Ion Trap Group at AU about Tm-fiber lasers for two experimental activities using trapped and laser cooled Ba+ ions. One focuses on sympathetic cooling of complex molecular ions for so-called quantum logic spectroscopy (QLS) of single biorelevant molecular ions, the other is investigates quantum many-body effects in ultracold ion-neutral interactions. In parallel, the US company, IonQ, also now focuses on Ba+ for its future commercial quantum computer. Both experiments at AU build on recent advances in ion-based quantum technology related to realization of quantum computers and simulators. Importantly to Q-BID, they share the need to cool and precisely manipulate single Ba+ ions' internal and motional quantum states using laser excitations of narrow atomic transitions. Only high-performance lasers can cool the motion of the ion or two-ion systems to the ground state, and this represents the important initialization step of both experiments. In Q-BID, NKT and DFM will make new lasers at 650nm and 2052nm for the experiments at AU and IonQ. However, these lasers represent a greater platform development for single-line lasers based on NKT’s existing Koheras platform: adapting the Er-doped fiber laser and amplifier to Tm, and pairing it with a harmonic up-conversion module. This change will allow NKT to address quantum technology experiments requiring lasers from 300-1100nm, which covers >90% of existing activities globally.

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The QEH project represents the first large-scale Danish effort at building an integrated quantum computing eco-system pursuing commercially and societally end-user applications within the Danish green energy and health care sectors. To facilitate this goal, the eco-system needs access to state-of-the-art quantum computing hardware on Danish soil. Hence, in QEH we will develop the largest quantum computing hardware platform in existence in Denmark, with 25 quantum bits. This effort will be a key catalyst for quantum software and use-case development for the benefit of start-ups and SMEs targeting quantum technology and its implementation in industrial and societal contexts. QEH will demonstrate this via use-cases from two paradigmatic sectors of Danish welfare: Green energy transition and future high-tech health care. QEH is uniquely suited to address this ambitious goal and the successful outcome will serve the dual purposes of creating the first commercial-oriented quantum computing platform in Denmark and provide a crucial missing ingredient in Danish opportunities for quantum workforce and commercial development. QEH consist of two SMEs, Qdevil specialized in quantum hardware and a fast-growing quantum software start-up Kvantify, top academic quantum physicists (at University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University), the largest Danish green-tech enterprise (Ørsted) and a Danish public hospital pursuing future med-tech solutions (Herlev-Gentofte-Hospital), see Figure 1.