CO-QLink: Cryogenic Optical Link for Scalable Quantum Computing Systems and High-Performance Cryogenic Computing Systems

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Main Authors: Chang, Zheng, Zhang, Siqi, Huang, Wenqiang, Tian, Tian, Liu, Qichun, Li, Tiefu, Qi, Nan, Zheng, Yuanjin, Wang, Zhihua, Guo, Yanshu, Jiang, Hanjun
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author Chang, Zheng
Zhang, Siqi
Huang, Wenqiang
Tian, Tian
Liu, Qichun
Li, Tiefu
Qi, Nan
Zheng, Yuanjin
Wang, Zhihua
Guo, Yanshu
Jiang, Hanjun
author_facet Chang, Zheng
Zhang, Siqi
Huang, Wenqiang
Tian, Tian
Liu, Qichun
Li, Tiefu
Qi, Nan
Zheng, Yuanjin
Wang, Zhihua
Guo, Yanshu
Jiang, Hanjun
contents Cryogenic systems necessitate extensive data transmission between room-temperature and cryogenic environments, as well as within the cryogenic temperature domain. High-speed, low-power data transmission is pivotal to enabling the deployment of larger-scale cryogenic systems, including the scalable quantum computing systems and the high-performance cryogenic computing systems fully immersed in liquid nitrogen. In contrast to wireline and microwave links, optical communication links are emerging as a solution characterized by high data rates, high energy efficiency, low signal attenuation, absence of thermal conduction, and superior scalability. In this work, a 4K heat-insulated high-speed (56Gbps) low-power (1.6pJ/b) transceiver (TRX) that achieves a complete link between 4K systems and room temperature (RT) equipment is presented. Copackaged with a PIN photodiode (PD), the RX uses an inverter-based analog front-end and an analog half-rate clock data recovery loop. Connecting to a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), the TX contains a voltage-mode driver with current-mode injection for low-power output-swing-boosting and 3-tap feed-forward equalization (FFE). This link has been demonstrated in the control and readout of a complete superconducting quantum computing system.
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spellingShingle CO-QLink: Cryogenic Optical Link for Scalable Quantum Computing Systems and High-Performance Cryogenic Computing Systems
Chang, Zheng
Zhang, Siqi
Huang, Wenqiang
Tian, Tian
Liu, Qichun
Li, Tiefu
Qi, Nan
Zheng, Yuanjin
Wang, Zhihua
Guo, Yanshu
Jiang, Hanjun
Quantum Physics
Signal Processing
Cryogenic systems necessitate extensive data transmission between room-temperature and cryogenic environments, as well as within the cryogenic temperature domain. High-speed, low-power data transmission is pivotal to enabling the deployment of larger-scale cryogenic systems, including the scalable quantum computing systems and the high-performance cryogenic computing systems fully immersed in liquid nitrogen. In contrast to wireline and microwave links, optical communication links are emerging as a solution characterized by high data rates, high energy efficiency, low signal attenuation, absence of thermal conduction, and superior scalability. In this work, a 4K heat-insulated high-speed (56Gbps) low-power (1.6pJ/b) transceiver (TRX) that achieves a complete link between 4K systems and room temperature (RT) equipment is presented. Copackaged with a PIN photodiode (PD), the RX uses an inverter-based analog front-end and an analog half-rate clock data recovery loop. Connecting to a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), the TX contains a voltage-mode driver with current-mode injection for low-power output-swing-boosting and 3-tap feed-forward equalization (FFE). This link has been demonstrated in the control and readout of a complete superconducting quantum computing system.
title CO-QLink: Cryogenic Optical Link for Scalable Quantum Computing Systems and High-Performance Cryogenic Computing Systems
topic Quantum Physics
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22920