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To provide superconductive devices and systems for quantuminformation processing with the world-class performance

Photon Technology Co., LTD(hereinafter referred to as Photec) is founded and invested by Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology. Photec is committed to the industrialization of superconducting nanowire single photon detector(SNSPD) and its surrounding technology. The SNSPD core product performance reaches international advanced level


As one of the initial council members of Quantum Information Branch of China Information Association, Photec passed ISO9001:2015 quality management system certification in March 2019. 

Photec was awarded as the national High-tech Enterprise in November 2019 and won the first prize of Technology Invention Award of China Optical Engineering Society in the same year. The company vision is to provide superconductive devices and systems for quantum information processing with unparallel performance.



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The SNSPD system of Photec has been successfully applied in quantum communication, quantum computing, lidar, satellite ranging, quantum random number generator, quantum fingerprint, quantum teleportation and quantum light source characterization, etc. Related applications have boosted China's scientific and technological progress in quantum information and lidar. Users have published more than 60 high-level papers by using SNSPD products developed by Photec, including 3 in Nature, 1 in Science, 4 in Nature Photonics and 17 in PRL. Among them, quantum communication cooperation achievements were twice selected as one of the top ten scientific progress of China in 2014 and 2019. Quantum computing cooperation achievement of "Nine Chapters" optical quantum computing prototype successfully realized "quantum superiority", which was selected as one of the top ten scientific progresses in China in 2020.

Team Introduction

Young & Talent
Team Introduction

Dr. Lixing You  / Chairman, Researcher

Lixing You received his Ph. D. degree from Nanjing University in 2003. He has been engaged in superconducting electronics research at Tohoku University in Japan, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Twente in the Netherlands, NIST in the United States and University of California, Berkeley, with rich experience in superconducting electronics and applications. In September 2007, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences joined the "Hundred Talents Project". He carries out long-term research on superconducting single photon detector (SNSPD). The device performance of independent research reached the international leading level; The cooperation realized a series of international leading application demonstrations of quantum information and satellite ranging. It has strongly promoted the scientific and technological progress in the field of quantum information in China. In addition, he is the chief scientist of the key research and development program "High Performance Single photon Detection Technology (2017-2022)" of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. As the principal, he initiated the formulation of the first international standard of SNSPD (IEC 61788-22-3). In 2016, he founded Photon Technology Co. Ltd and realized the only SNSPD device and system commercial sales in China. 

Lixing You has published more than 140 SCI academic papers and 15 authorized invention patents (including 2 international patents). He was invited to international conferences to give lectures for 3 times. The invitation lectures were over 10 times. In 2019, he won the first prize of Technology Invention Award of Chinese Optical Engineering Society (ranked first). In 2018, he won the IEC 1906 Award of International Electrotechnical Commission. In 2014 and 2019, his quantum communication application achievements were awarded as "China's Top Ten Scientific and Technological progress" twice. He is on the editorial board of five journals including Superconductor Science and Technology and Scientific Reports, and deputy editor-in-chief of IEEE CSC SNF. He is a member of International Workshop of Superconducting Sensors and Detectors Series, vice chairman of National Superconducting Standardization Technical Committee, vice chairman of Superconducting Electronics Branch of Chinese Electronics Society, etc.

Dr. Zhang Chengjun
Dr. Zhang Chengjun
General manager

Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

SPIN National Laboratory, Italy

M.D.master Shi Jinghao
M.D.master Shi Jinghao
Marketing Director/Deputy General Manager
Dr. Lu Chaolin
Dr. Lu Chaolin
Chief Technology Officer/Marketing Director

Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Jiang Yanyang
Dr. Jiang Yanyang
R&D director

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daniela Salvoni
Daniela Salvoni
Overseas Marketing Director
Dr. Xu Guangguang
Dr. Xu Guangguang
Device R&D Manager

Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Guo Zhimin
Dr. Guo Zhimin
Cryogenic engineer

Tongji University/University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Dr. Ju Zhiping
Dr. Ju Zhiping
Optical engineer

East China Normal University

History development

In 2007, the Single Photon Group of 

the Institute of Microsystems was established

2020

Photec provided solutions for Chinese scientists in the realization of "quantum superiority" - quantum computing prototype "Nine Chapters" , which was selected as one of the top ten scientific progresses of China in 2020.

2019

Based on Photec products, USTC’s quantum communication achievement was selected as one of the top ten scientific progresses of China in December 2019.


Photec was awarded as the national High-tech Enterprise in December 2019.


Photec ultra-clean production line was put into operation in November 2019.


Phoetc won the first prize of Technology Invention Award of China Optical Engineering Society in August 2019. (The first one was awarded to the chairman of Photec, Lixing You)


Photec passed ISO9001:2015 quality management system certification in March 2019.

2018

Photec was awarded as the national High-tech Enterprise in November 2018.


Phoetc won the first prize of Advanced manufacturing start-up Group of Zhejiang Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in September 2018.


As the chairman of Photec, Lixing You wthe IEC 1906 Award of International Electrotechnical Commission In July 2018.

2017

Photon Technology (Zhejiang) Co.,Ltd was invested and founded by Photon Technology (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd in March 2017.