Supporting the Next Generation of Superconducting Quantum Hardware

Quantum Design UK & Ireland will be joining Quantum Design Oxford at SM²Q 2026 and the 1st Glasgow Quantum Summit, taking place at the University of Glasgow from 2–4 December 2026.

SM²Q brings together researchers working across superconducting materials and metamaterials, quantum circuits, superconducting electronics, quantum sensing, hybrid quantum systems and the materials and technologies needed to build future quantum hardware.

For researchers working in these areas, Quantum Design Oxford offers a range of cryogenic, high-field and measurement platforms designed to support experiments from fundamental materials physics through to quantum-device development.

Ultra-low temperatures for quantum-device research

For experiments requiring millikelvin temperatures, Proteox® Cryofree® dilution refrigerators provide a flexible platform for quantum research.

The ProteoxS offers a compact route to ultra-low-temperature experiments, with a base temperature below 10 mK and options including a 12 T solenoid or 6/1/1 T vector magnet. Applications include quantum-device characterisation, electrical transport and quantum dots and nanodevices for photonic applications.

For researchers requiring greater experimental capacity, the ProteoxMX provides a larger platform with extensive line-of-sight access and the ability to integrate microwave wiring, cold electronics and superconducting magnets. This makes it particularly relevant to spin qubits, quantum transport and experiments requiring multiple electrical or microwave connections.

The wider Proteox family also provides a route towards increasingly complex quantum experiments, allowing researchers to select the cryogenic platform, magnetic field and experimental configuration appropriate to their work.

Low temperatures and high magnetic fields

Many experiments in superconductivity and quantum materials require more than simply reaching low temperatures. Being able to control the magnetic field — including its magnitude and orientation — can be equally important.

Quantum Design Oxford’s TeslatronPT Plus combines a Cryofree® superconducting magnet with an open-architecture low-temperature measurement system. It provides magnetic-field options from 8 to 14 T, alongside 6/1/1 T vector rotation, and operates across 1.5–300 K.

For researchers studying superconducting films, quantum transport, 2D materials, semiconducting devices or field-dependent electrical properties, this provides a flexible environment for measurements where temperature and magnetic field need to be controlled together.

The system incorporates Lake Shore measurement instrumentation and provides an open Python programming environment, automated workflows and browser-based control through the DECS platform.

Exploring anisotropic quantum materials

Quantum materials often exhibit properties that depend strongly on the orientation of the applied magnetic field.

Quantum Design Oxford’s vector superconducting magnets allow researchers to electrically rotate and tilt the magnetic-field vector rather than mechanically rotating the sample. Vector configurations are integrated into Proteox, TeslatronPT Plus and TeslatronPT systems.

This can be particularly useful for research into anisotropic superconductors, low-dimensional systems, spintronics, quantum transport and other condensed-matter phenomena where the relationship between the material and magnetic-field direction is an important part of the experiment.

Quantum Design Oxford also develops split-pair superconducting magnets, providing optical, beamline and other experimental access alongside high magnetic fields. Applications include superconducting-wire testing, neutron and X-ray experiments and high-field magneto-transport.

From materials characterisation to quantum devices

Before a material becomes part of a quantum device, researchers need to understand its fundamental properties.

This is where Quantum Design UK & Ireland’s complementary instrumentation can also support SM²Q research.

The MPMS 3 Magnetic Property Measurement System provides highly sensitive SQUID magnetometry for investigating magnetic properties, superconductivity, phase transitions and weak magnetic signals. Lake Shore temperature measurement and control technologies can also support precise low-temperature experiments across a range of research platforms.

Together, these technologies provide complementary approaches to understanding materials before, during and after their integration into more complex quantum-device experiments.

Talk to us about your research

Whether you are developing superconducting materials, Josephson junctions, quantum circuits, superconducting electronics, quantum sensors or hybrid quantum devices, the experimental environment required to characterise and develop those technologies is an important part of the research journey.

At SM²Q 2026, Quantum Design Oxford and Quantum Design UK & Ireland will be available to discuss your research requirements — from ultra-low-temperature environments and high magnetic fields to electrical transport and materials characterisation.

Come and talk to us about your next experiment, whether you’re investigating a new superconducting material, characterising a quantum device or developing the infrastructure needed to take your research further.

Meet Quantum Design Oxford and Quantum Design UK & Ireland at SM²Q 2026 in Glasgow, 2–4 December.