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Start-up tackles quantum electronic design

A new UK consultancy promises to design any type of quantum electronic and optoelectronic device for the compound semiconductor industry.
Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, have launched a start-up called Quantum Electronic Design and Innovation, or QEDI. Drawing on seven years of experience from the university s Quantum Electronics Group, the new company aims to provide design and consultancy services across the worldwide compound semiconductor industry.

"The three people involved in this consultancy have a broad range of backgrounds," QEDI pioneer Paul Harrison told Compound Semiconductor. "We want to design devices for companies across the whole range [of materials] and we re prepared to tackle any device that uses quantum principles."

The team has already worked with IV-IV, III-V and II-VI materials including GaAs-, GaN- and AlAs-based materials as well as SiGe and ZnS systems. Past studies cover devices that function across the entire optical spectrum from UV to far-infrared wavelengths including QW laser diodes, QCLs, and quantum dot photodetectors.

According to Harrison, the company plans to target its services at small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms. "[These companies] may not be big enough to sustain a full-time, in-house design team," he explained. "But they can hire us on, say, a 3- to 6-month contract and tap into our long-term experience. This will be more efficient than hiring their own people."

The start-up has no plans to manufacture its own devices, but instead, will license its patented technology to chip manufacturers. QEDI has several blue-skies projects that are centered around the applications of quantum semiconductor structures to optoelectronics and computing.

"I don t think there is going to be a huge demand [for our services] right now, but we hope to be in this business for a number of years and grow as demand grows," said Harrison. "Right now we want to get some kind of presence in the industry. I m not saying we are the first [quantum device consultancy], but we want to be one of the first."

The company is now on the look out for funding so it can expand the consultancy team.

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