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Nanophotonic chip powered by laser pulses
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X-Series
Access the paradigm-shifting X-Series devices — the first photonic quantum computers deployed to the cloud. Powered by laser pulses, the X-Series push the boundaries of integrated quantum nanophotonics by demonstrating generation of on-chip squeezed states (the photonic analogue of a qubit) alongside fully programmable quantum gates and photon-number resolving detectors. Learn more about the X-Series devices in our publication in Nature.
Key Features
- Program the world’s first cloud-accessible integrated quantum nanophotonic device.
- Perform Gaussian boson sampling with applications in chemistry and graph networks.
- Evaluate on-chip squeezing, generating a pulse of photons analogous to a qubit.
- Use cutting-edge detectors to accurately count photons at the end of the circuit.
Getting Started
Whether accessing X-Series devices directly through Xanadu Cloud or from your own computer, there's a wide range of options to check out:
- Use Strawberry Fields to submit an example circuit and generate samples.
- Simulate quantum chemistry on the X8 device.
- Explore wider applications of Gaussian boson sampling through our applications layer, including embedding bipartite graphs.
- Interact with pre-generated datasets and analyze sample distributions.
- Compile more general photonic circuits into a hardware-compatible gateset.
Dive straight into the demos on Xanadu Cloud
For beginners or those new to the X-Series devices, get set up and running in seconds with demos on Xanadu Cloud. Explore what you can do with the world's first cloud-deployed photonic device.
Set up your own computer to submit jobs
For advanced power users who want to control world-leading quantum hardware from the comfort of their own laptop.
- Sign in to Xanadu Cloud and provision your API key.
- Install Strawberry Fields on your device and set up your API key using these instructions.
- Become familiar with running programs on X-Series devices by following the demos below.
- Use the Strawberry Fields reference documentation to gain an advanced understanding of executing photonic programs.
Availability
- Xanadu Cloud: Monday-Thursday, 15:00:00 - 23:00:00 UTC
Documentation
Access the full documentation, or read more about the hardware in our publication in Nature.