Yaqumo Selected for a NEDO R&D Project; Launches Joint Research with SCREEN Holdings

Insider Brief

• Yaqumo was selected for a NEDO project and will work with SCREEN Holdings to develop domestically produced optical components and modules for large-scale neutral-atom quantum computers.
• The project will focus on high-speed spatial light modulators, multi-wavelength objective lenses, environmentally stable optical components and more compact systems using photonic integrated circuits.
• Yaqumo plans to incorporate the technology into its own systems while pursuing standardized modules that could be supplied to quantum computer developers in Japan and overseas.

PRESS RELEASE — Yaqumo Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Kazuhiro Nakashoji; hereinafter “Yaqumo”) is pleased to announce that it has been selected for the public solicitation, “Post-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure Enhancement R&D Project (Acceleration of the Development and Demonstration of Next-Generation Quantum Computers for Solving Social Issues) / Development of Components and Materials for the Realization of Large-Scale Quantum Computers,” organized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (hereinafter “NEDO”).

Following this selection, Yaqumo will also launch joint research with SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “SCREEN”) to advance R&D on enhancing the performance and domestic production of the optical core devices essential to the development of neutral-atom quantum computers, as well as on the technologies for integrating these components into modules.