Quantum Computing
One of the central challenges in building quantum computers is controlling the interactions between qubits. In trapped-ion architectures, among the most mature approaches in the field, that control comes down to the electrostatic fields produced by trap electrodes.
The engineering challenge
Ion trap design is an electrostatic problem at large and growing scale. Scaling toward thousands of qubits requires hundreds of trap zones with precise voltage control across thousands of electrodes. Modern microfabricated surface traps pack dozens to hundreds of independently controlled DC electrodes alongside RF electrodes and integrated features like through-substrate vias and optical waveguides.
Predicting the potential each electrode produces, and the cross-talk between them, exceeds what analytic approximations and general-purpose tools can handle at the scale and accuracy these designs require.
Electrode counts are growing from dozens toward hundreds per trap, with thousands ahead
Analytic approximations are unreliable for complex, realistic trap geometries
General-purpose EM tools were not built for electrostatic problems at this scale
Cross-talk between electrodes directly affects qubit control and system performance
The Nullspace solution
Nullspace ES is the world's only commercial electrostatic solver purpose-built for ion trap electrode design. It lets designers rapidly and efficiently optimize the layout and shape of electrodes in ion traps and other architectures, and predict the potential for cross-talk so unwanted interactions can be minimized in design rather than discovered in hardware.
It scales from dozens of electrodes on a laptop to hundreds on a workstation, and its Python interface makes large-scale optimization a routine, automatable step.
Purpose-built to solve trap geometries with hundreds of electrodes at full accuracy
Rigorous electrostatic solutions replace unreliable analytic approximations
Fast direct solving handles problem sizes that general-purpose tools struggle to reach
Cross-talk is predicted and minimized during design, before fabrication
Applications
Ease of deployment
All licenses are floating, with a simple licensing model: annual lease or perpetual purchase. No additional charges for GPU or CPU use, and no size limit on models.
Built for secure environments
Air-gapped operation, no internet connection required. CMMC Level 2 compliant - deployed at facilities meeting NIST 800-171 and NIST 800-53 controls. Successfully deployed on multiple classified information systems.
Runs on your existing on-prem hardware
Runs on your existing on-premise hardware, or on AWS and Google Cloud if you prefer.
Customer-driven feature development
Customer-driven feature development and roadmap acceleration, available when your team needs a specific capability sooner.
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