Single Quantum and Qunnect have announced a collaboration with CERN’s Quantum Technology Initiative (QTI) to launch a new quantum networking lab. The partnership involves the deployment of Single Quantum’s superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors and Qunnect’s rack-mountable quantum entanglement sources for synchronized entanglement distribution and co-propagation tests.
The CERN lab, which was recently created in the framework of the QTI, will use the hardware from Single Quantum and Qunnect to perform experiments. CERN researchers are also leveraging White Rabbit time-synchronization technology, which achieves sub-nanosecond alignment of distant nodes. This is intended to enable researchers to program both classical and quantum signals within a single environment. The partnership is a core activity of CERN’s QTI.
The collaboration is intended to advance quantum networking at the birthplace of White Rabbit technology and support the development of a shared infrastructure for a quantum internet. Amanda Diez Fernandez, coordinating partnerships for the QTI, commented that the lab is an open, neutral platform to accelerate quantum research through cross-disciplinary collaborations. The partnership is an example of cross-disciplinary collaboration across academia and industry.
Read the full announcement here.
September 24, 2025
