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Quantum Opus
Engineering Intern
Hands-on lab work around superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, high-speed pulse measurement, and fiber / optical test setups.
Executive summary
Quantum Opus builds turnkey Opus One™ systems: superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) with push-button cryogenics, used by teams at places like NASA, NIST, and national labs. Their detectors also supported Artemis II optical communications on the ground side, helping receive high-rate laser downlinks from cislunar space. In the lab I worked around that hardware stack: fiber paths, optical attenuation, and GHz-class scopes capturing detector pulses.
- Brought up and probed SNSPD / pulse-readout paths on lab benches with fiber interconnects and optical attenuator modules.
- Captured and interpreted nanosecond-scale detector pulses on GHz oscilloscopes (including LeCroy WaveMaster and Tektronix scopes) while debugging live signal chains.
- Worked inside a company whose Opus One detectors supported Artemis II space-to-ground laser communications for HD video from the lunar vicinity.
SNSPDPhoton detectionFiber opticsOscilloscopesCryogenicsArtemis II (company)
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Pictures and demos from the role
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