IonQ has demonstrated the primary recognized business demonstration of ion-photon entanglement outdoors of educational environments. 

Researchers have generated photons entangled with ions repeatedly and reproducibly,  necessary to  allow future quantum techniques to speak and switch info between one another. This can be a main step in direction of connecting quantum techniques and creating networked quantum computer systems.

The analysis staff at IonQ has efficiently generated and picked up single photons from an ion qubit and routed these photons to specialised detection optics to confirm ion-photon entanglement. They’ve efficiently created a particular quantum state by entangling (linking) photons (particles of sunshine) with ions (charged atoms).  

This can be a essential first step in direction of creating photonic interconnect protocols for quantum computing purposes working throughout a number of quantum processing models (QPUs). Photonic interconnects are anticipated to result in built-in computation throughout quantum networks, permitting for extra highly effective quantum computer systems able to working complicated algorithms by entangling cores.

Consider it like this: in classical computing, we’ve a number of processors that work independently to carry out duties. In quantum computing, we need to hyperlink these processors collectively in a manner that they will work as one highly effective pc. That is what IonQ is working in direction of with their photon-ion entanglement.

IonQ has expanded its capabilities by buying Entangled Networks, a Canada-based startup, and has strengthened its relationship with the Air Pressure Analysis Lab (AFRL) by a $25.5M deal to deploy two quantum computing techniques for quantum networking analysis and improvement.