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QTM

Qubit Timetag Module
Release April 2026_V2.0
Electronic circuit board module with black circuitry and a blue front panel labeled QBLOX TIMETAG QTM showing status lights and numbered connectors.
DESCRIPTION

The Qubit Timetag Module (QTM) adds digital signal generation and acquisition to the Cluster in a module optimized for optically addressable qubits.

The output facilitates fast and precisely timed TTL signals for direct laser control. While at the input, a configurable analog threshold and windowing with photon counting and timetag functionalities ensure fast and reliable optical readout.

The integration of signal generation and acquisition in a single control instrument ensures inherent synchronization, rendering triggers redundant.

The module houses eight independent pulse sequence cores, that each are routed to an input/output channel. The flexibility of real-time pulse sequencing allows for conditional feedback based on the measured photon count to coordinate the continuation of the control sequence.

FEATURES
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Digital channels can be configured as inputs or outputs
Settings slider icon
TTL acquisition with configurable analog threshold
TTL acquisition windowing for optimal readout
Coincidence detection scheme up to 4 channels.
Time-to-digital converters enable accurate timetagging
TTL output signal with precise pulse placement
Synchronized to all other modules via SYNQ protocol
LINQ allows for photon-count based conditional feedback with
low-latency to all other modules
SPECIFICATIONS
Digital input/output channels:
8 I/O
Output voltage:
1.5 V (50 OHM) / 3.1 V (HIGH-Z)
Output rate:
1 GS/S
Output skew resolution:
39 PS
Input threshold voltage:
0 - 5 V (11 BIT)
Input resolution TDC:
20 PS (RMS)
Dead time TDC:
44 ns
Dead time - burst mode:
20 ns
Repetition rate:
22.7 MHz
(timetagging mode)

950 MHz
(counting-only mode)
Timetag trace memory:
2,048 timetags
Timetag memory:
3,000,000 timetags
Count result memory:
3,000,000 bins
Maximum no. of counts per bin:
4,000,000,000
Ethernet data rate:
1 Gbit/s
Driver/API:
SCPI / PYTHON / QCODES
Max. power consumption via Cluster:
48 W
Input/Output connector type:
SMP
Dimensions single module:
269 X 130 X 20 mm³

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