Company Information
Through its research and development of optical quantum computers,
OptQC aims to be the world's pioneer in the practical application of next-generation computing technology.
Mission
Building a sustainable social infrastructure with optical technology
The world is now experiencing a daily acceleration in energy consumption due to the advancement of DX and the evolution of AI.
At the same time, the information processing capacity of conventional computers is reaching its limits, and even with supercomputers it will be difficult to keep up. Moreover, it has been pointed out that computers may consume all of the world's energy production by around 2035.
If this trend continues, we face a crisis in which the social infrastructure itself will become unsustainable.
This is why "quantum computers" are attracting attention as the next generation of information processing technology.
Countries around the world are promoting the development of quantum computers as a national policy, aiming to achieve both energy efficiency and information processing capability.
OptQC was launched with the aim of "social implementation and practical use of optical quantum computers" based on the basic research of optical quantum technology in the Furusawa Laboratory of the University of Tokyo.
There are several methods for quantum computers, but no matter how innovative the technology is, it is meaningless if it does not spread throughout the society.
We are certain that the optical quantum computer, on which we are focusing our efforts, has the advantages of high scalability and integration with optical telecommunications, and is the most suitable method for practical application and integration into the society.
"From electricity to light, from classical to quantum."
OptQC combines energy efficiency and computational power, solving the limitations of information processing that humanity faces, and opening up new possibilities.
We will deliver optical quantum computers that support the future to society and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
Founder & board member
Technical advisor
Warit Asavanant
Warit Asavanant
Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
He arrived in Japan from Thailand in 2011 and pursued studies under Professor Akira Furusawa at The University of Tokyo, conducting research on optical quantum computers from undergraduate to doctoral levels. After completing his doctorate, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the same laboratory.
His area of expertise is large-scale quantum entanglement generation, which serves as the processor for optical quantum computers. In 2019, he demonstrate the first generation of a universal quantum entanglement known as a two-dimensional cluster state for quantum processors.
He received the Tokyo University Department of Applied Physics Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award (Shoji Tanaka Award) in 2018 and the Ando Incentive Prize for the Study of Electronics Award in 2022. He was also awarded Innovators Under 35 Japan by MIT Technology Review.
Representative Director and CEO
Kan Takase
Kan Takase
After obtaining a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, he served as an assistant professor in the same department. From his student days through his tenure as an assistant professor, he was part of the Furusawa Laboratory, where he devised methods for high-rate generation of quantum bits and demonstrated techniques for freely controlling quantum light pulses. In September 2024, he left The University of Tokyo and co-founded OptQC with Warit Asavanant and Akira Furusawa.
Director
Furusawa Akira
Akira Furusawa
Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
Deputy Director of the Quantum Computing Center (RQC), RIKEN.
In 1998, he successfully achieved deterministic quantum teleportation for the first time in the world at the California Institute of Technology. Since then, he has been conducting research on optical quantum computers at The University of Tokyo for over 20 years. Notably, after inventing a method to build optical quantum computers using quantum teleportation in 2013, he has become a global leader in the field of optical quantum computer research.
His motto: "My main profession is windsurfing; research is my hobby."
Recipient of the Medal with Purple Ribbon in autumn 2016.
Director
Hidehiro Yonezawa
Hidehiro Yonezawa
Team Leader of the Quantum Optical Control Research Team at the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing (RQC).
He earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, in 2007. Subsequently he served as an assistant professor and lecturer in the same department. From September 2013 to June 2023, he worked as a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Australia, before assuming his current position in July 2023.
His areas of expertise include quantum information, quantum optics experiments, quantum control, and quantum estimation. He was awarded the Young Scientists’ Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2014.
Company Profile
1-21-7 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0022 Japan
Director Akira Furusawa
Director Hidehiro Yonezawa
Timeline
Large-scale Fault-tolerant Universal Optical Quantum Computers” started
