Multi-Disciplinary Research Building

The UTC Quantum Center is supported by a community project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) through the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The total investment by UTC and DOC amounts to $6.5 million. A Memorandum of Understanding between UTC and ORNL regarding collaborative activities in QISE was signed in June 2024.

Lab space for Quantum Networking and Communications is in the UTC Multi-Disciplinary Research Building (MDRB). The MDRB includes faculty offices, student cubicles, a 1,500-square foot computer room, a conference/meeting room accommodating 25 people, an 80-seat auditorium; and two secure expandable suites of rooms dedicated to proprietary research, including ITAR-compliant space.

The Quantum Networking and Communications lab provides access to the EPB Quantum Network. Optimized for the C-band (1530–1570 nm) and being reconfigurable, this network provides a perfect testbed for implementations of quantum communications, distributed quantum computing and quantum sensing on a commercial metro-scale fiber-optic infrastructure.

The 10-year agreement (through 2033) between UTC and EPB allows for scheduling access to all equipment on the network. The equipment in the lab at UTC includes, among other resources, entangled photon pair sources, and an 8-channel superconducting nano-wire single photon detector (SNSPD). Technical support by Qubitekk and EPB is available on-demand 24/7.