High-Precision Optics for Quantum Computing
Featured Product from Avantier Inc.
High-NA objectives are mission-critical for:
- Single-ion / single-atom addressing
- High-resolution fluorescence imaging
- Efficient photon collection
- Accurate Raman and cooling beam shaping
- Advanced optical lattice interrogation
Capabilities:
- High Numerical Aperture: 0.5 – 0.95+
- Aberration Corrected for wavelengths: UV, visible, NIR (350–1100 nm)
- Diffraction-limited performance
- Custom long working distances
- Compatible with thick vacuum windows
- Low-fluorescence optical materials to minimize background signal
- High laser damage threshold coatings
Engineering benefits:
- Improved readout fidelity
- Higher qubit loading efficiency
- Reduced optical aberrations through precision custom design
- Vacuum-window-corrected design tailored for high-performance ion-trap and quantum computing setups
High-Precision Lens Assemblies for Quantum System Integration
Fully integrated optical assemblies engineered to enhance alignment flexibility, stabilize optical paths, and ensure long-term performance.
Typical assemblies include:
- Tube lenses for forming the final image
- Beam shaping lenses for delivering a uniform intensity profile
- Achromatic lens to maintain focus across multiple wavelengths
- Relay lenses for transferring an optical image from one plane to another while preserving spatial structure
- Beam expander to adjust the beam diameter or divergence
Manufacturing advantages:
- Sub-micron centration tolerances
- Monolithic or bonded housings
- Cleanroom and vacuum-rated assembly
- Interferometric verification
- Excellent thermal stability
These assemblies reduce engineering overhead by arriving ready to install and alignment-stable.
Designed for photonic quantum processors, interferometers, multi-photon gates, and QKD systems.
Specifications:
- Insertion loss: <0.2% available
- Surface flatness: λ/10–λ/20
- Custom polarization states
- Entanglement-grade uniformity
- AR, HR, and IBS thin-film coatings
- Custom narrowband and broadband designs
Applications:
- LOQC gate operations
- Heralded photon experiments
- HOM interference
- Photonic QKD transmitter/receiver modules
PIC Coupling Optics & Micro-Optics
High-efficiency micro-optics engineered for photonic integrated circuits.
Products include:
- Microlens arrays
- Micro-collimators
Performance advantages:
- High NA coupling
- Low scatter / low absorption
- Tight positional tolerances
- Chip-ready mechanical formats
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