Quantum network testbed · North Carolina

Entanglement between campuses,
reserved like a cloud resource.

NCQNet links universities across the state over deployed fiber. Researchers reserve a link, run their experiment from a notebook, and hand the devices back, safely reset, for the next team. Built by MCNC and RENCI on Qunnect hardware, with Cisco next.

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5sites
14devices
1aggregates
0active experiments
0upcoming

The network All resources →

17.9 km fiber15.2 km fiber33.8 km fiber4.1 km fiber21.5 km fiber3Dukecompensator, source, validatorDuke: DUKE-APC, DUKE-SRC, DUKE-VAL3MCNC (RTP)compensator, source, validatorMCNC (RTP): A1, S1, V12NC Statecompensator, validatorNC State: NCSU-APC, NCSU-VAL3RENCIcompensator, source, validatorRENCI: RENCI-APC, RENCI-SRC, RENCI-VAL3UNC Chapel Hillcompensator, source, validatorUNC Chapel Hill: UNC-APC, UNC-SRC, UNC-VAL

free nowpartly booked bookednot offeredfiber

Click a site for its devices and to reserve a link from it. Availability over time is on Resources.

Links you can reserve

LinkRoute and devicesControl plane
dev-rxMCNC (RTP) · V1, A1qunnect
dev-txMCNC (RTP) · S1qunnect
duke-renciDuke → RENCI · DUKE-SRC, RENCI-VAL, RENCI-APCqunnect
duke-uncDuke → UNC Chapel Hill · DUKE-SRC, UNC-VAL, UNC-APCqunnect
renci-ncsuRENCI → NC State · RENCI-SRC, NCSU-VAL, NCSU-APCqunnect
renci-uncRENCI → UNC Chapel Hill · RENCI-SRC, UNC-VAL, UNC-APCqunnect
unc-dukeUNC Chapel Hill → Duke · UNC-SRC, DUKE-VAL, DUKE-APCqunnect
unc-mcncUNC Chapel Hill → MCNC (RTP) · UNC-SRC, V1, A1qunnect

How an experiment runs

1Sign inYour university login through CILogon. Your project lead adds you to a project.
2ReservePick a link and a time. The default lease is 4 hours; renew for more.
3ExperimentSet pump power, run validation, compensate polarization, from Python with qenvoy.
4ReleaseAt the end the devices are reset to safe defaults for the next team.