Quantum Corridor® is built by Midwest technology innovators to provide a platform for hybrid quantum communications. This information-sharing infrastructure for academic researchers, scientific facilities, defense contractors and industry partners
will drive technology careers and business development throughout the region.
Launched in 2023 with its
first transmissions from downtown Chicago to Hammond, Indiana,
Quantum Corridor® enhances the existing backbone of public fiber with a foundational quantum transmission structure—the flex-grid Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) solution developed by Ciena, a global leader in optical and routing systems. The network is generally restricted to large research and education centers and entities that require high speed and capacity.
The current project conducts lab-standard testing of
Quantum Corridor®’s
network
for its extension toward the Purdue University Northwest Campus in Westville, Indiana. Funded by Indiana READI grant proceeds and private investment, this phase supports equal opportunity for job creation throughout urban and rural communities in Indiana’s Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties.
Once successfully tested, Quantum Corridor Inc. will deploy entanglement nodes with clone reverse optics, a lab and mini data centers within 70-kilometer intervals, eventually continuing
Quantum Corridor®’s route along 172 miles from Chicago to Ohio. The extended network will connect research institutions, develop the technology workforce and enable commercial applications of quantum technology in areas as diverse as chemistry, cryptography, machine learning, optimization and simulation.
