Quantum
Photonic control and readout hardware built to scale quantum systems beyond the lab bench.
Manzano Systems / Albuquerque, NM
Light,
engineered for
what comes next.
We build integrated photonic systems for quantum computing and hybrid RF, from the first waveguide to sealed, system-ready hardware.
01 Layout
02 Fabrication
03 Characterization
04 Packaging
// Technology
The photonic layer for machines that don't exist yet.
The next generation of computing will move information as light. We design and build the chips that make that possible: dense, low-loss photonic circuits that route, shape and control light with very high precision.
We share the details with partners, one conversation at a time.
Hybrid RF
Systems where microwave and optical signals work together, for sensing, communications and defense.
// Flexibility + Performance
End-to-end, from waveguide to sealed package.
We manage the full photonic circuit lifecycle. We design, characterize and package in-house, and work with trusted foundry partners for wafer-scale fabrication. One team owns the whole process, so we can deliver hardware that is both customizable and robust, ready to drop into your system.
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Layout
Circuits designed around your requirements, built on our own process design kit.
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Fabrication
Built with trusted foundry partners on low-loss, wafer-scale processes that we select and manage.
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Characterization
Every device measured and verified before it leaves our hands.
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Packaging
Fiber-coupled, RF-ready, thermally controlled modules you can install and use.
// Not pictured
Some of our most important work isn't on this page.
Our current platform enables at a scale that was previously . Applications include and .
// About
Rooted in the high desert.
Manzano is a deep-tech company building integrated photonic solutions for quantum computing and hybrid-modality RF systems. We are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the center of the high desert's quantum and defense technology community.
Our founders spent years at Sandia National Laboratories working on quantum information science and photonic systems. We take our name from the Manzano Mountains, which run south from the Sandia ridgeline. In Spanish, manzano means apple tree: breakthroughs grow from rigorous science, and they bear fruit as practical products.
Our roots
// Careers
Build what doesn't exist yet.
We're a small team working on hard problems in photonics, fabrication, RF and systems engineering. If you want your work to matter, and you like the idea of seeing it leave the lab as real hardware, we'd like to hear from you.
Open roles
We don't have specific openings listed right now, but we're always interested in exceptional people. Send us your resume and tell us what you'd want to build.
General applications
Send your resume, with a few lines about yourself and the problems you want to work on.
Send your resumeor email info@manzanosystems.com
// Initiate a custom chip run
Tell us what you need light to do.
Work with our Albuquerque engineering team to design, fabricate, characterize and package custom integrated photonic circuits, delivered as system-ready hardware to your specifications.