Grants and Contributions

Evaluates procurement pathways for adapting the firm’s Robotics’ assistive robotic arm for operational use.

A quantum network seeks to coherently connect small quantum devices together to solve useful problems that are not accessible with current quantum computing technologies. The leading quantum computing technology relies on superconducting quantum circuits operating in the microwave regime. The most advanced quantum communication technology required to connect quantum devices over distances is quantum photonics. The project will lay the groundwork for a quantum transducer capable of connecting superconducting quantum devices over a quantum photonic network. The hardware involves spins in semiconductors, a quantum technology proven to operate in both the microwave and optical domains which, therefore, is ideal for this application, but dual operation has not yet been demonstrated.

The purpose of the Project is to build on the existing high precision electronic systems assembly capability to be able to serve high performance demanding markets.

The project will support evaluation of the market and identification of the procurement process for the Firm's inventory management and quality system, for use with Canadian and NATO defense contractors, ensuring 100% sovereign traceability for goods essential to operational readiness.

This project will deliver a strategic roadmap to adapt a Canadian SME’s advanced site characterization and remediation solutions for defence market given the need to quickly expand defence infrastructure concurrent with an advancing understanding of common defence-related contaminants.

This project will prepare the firm main artificial intelligence platform for commercialization in the defence and dual-use technology markets by adapting the system to support the operational needs of defence organizations and contractors.

Entanglement distribution is a key function required by a quantum network. For long?distance networks, quantum information is typically carried by the polarization of photons and transmitted over optical fibres. Polarization entanglement, while convenient to produce and detect, degrades over long distances in optical fibres. The project will explore a new entanglement distillation method, using polarization-frequency hyperentanglement, for improving the quality of the entangled photons after distribution. The proposed method efficiently “distills” the polarization entanglement by performing a control-not (CNOT) operation between the polarization qubit and the frequency qubit, using a sum-frequency generation scheme. This new scheme eliminates a major noise source, allows for more efficient entanglement distillation, and is more robust. The method requires pulsed lasers emitting at multiple stable frequencies to perform the necessary frequency conversions. Working together the team will develop a novel entanglement distillation technology based on the NRC-home-made quantum-dot coherent comb lasers.

Advances exploratory research under the New Beginnings Initiative

Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to establish relationships with key customers, end-users, investors and other international firms, which will help set the stage for potential Canadian projects in the International Technology Pilot and Demonstration (ITPD) Program: Cleantech call for proposals.

The project is mostly related to decreasing greenhouse gas emissions through the demonstration of technologies to reduce fossil fuel use for heat and/or power generation in Canada's remote communities and/or remote industrial sites.