Carleton University Quantum Information Technology (cuQIT) Lab
You have reached the homepage of the Carleton University - Quantum Information Technology (cuQIT) group led by Professor Connor Kupchak. Our research focuses on the development of light-based quantum technologies to serve as the components of the future quantum internet.
Our lab is located in VSIM3228A graciously shared with the Coil Group lead by Prof. Chris Smelser, please contact us if you want to come by and check it out! Carleton University is situated on the unceded territories of the Algonquin nation.
We are currently looking for new PhD students and Master students to join us! (more info) !
We are grateful for funding from NSERC and from the NRC-HTSN Program, NRC-QSP Program, CFI-JELF.
News
1. May 2024We welcome a new cluster of talented summer students: Will McIntyre, Tom Forsdyke, Jakob Delaney and Yazan Mahjoub Al Moghrabi.
15. October 2023Thank you to Qunnect for visiting our lab and helping us with the sweet quantum memory module install. Come and check it out!
21. June 2023Very pleased to share the first publication of our group, The Influence of Deposition Temperature and Material Stress on Low-Loss Silicon Nitride Films for Integrated Quantum Optics. Congrats to all involved!
21. January 2023Hello to our new Postdoc Patrick Laferriere who just graduated with his Ph.D. from the group of Dan Dalacu at NRC! Welcome Pat!
20. September 2022Happy to announce our lab has been awarded CFI-JELF grant for the Development of quantum technologies for integration into telecommunications systems.
6. September 2022Pleased to receive a NSERC Quantum Alliance Catalyst grant for Interoperable Quantum Networks at Room Temperature in a collaboration with UVic and SBU.