Advancing the Future of Nanomechanics
QFactory develops world-leading nanomechanical resonators for quantum technologies and precision sensing.
Founded by researchers from the Quantum Optomechanics Group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, QFactory was created to bridge the gap between cutting-edge scientific research and real-world technological applications.
Our mission is to provide researchers, universities, and technology companies with nanomechanical devices that deliver exceptional performance, enabling breakthroughs across quantum science, sensing, and advanced measurement systems.
Built upon years of pioneering research, our resonators combine ultra-low mechanical loss, exceptional quality factors, and highly reproducible fabrication to meet the demands of next-generation quantum devices.
About QFactory
What is special about our drums?
Our drums are better. Much better.
In engineering, the “goodness” of a resonator is quantified by a figure of merit known as its Quality Factor, or “Q-factor” for short. A larger Q-factor means the resonator/drum will produce a note for longer until the energy decays away. A typical drum has a Q-factor between up to 1000 (usually less). QFactory produces nanomechanical resonators with Q-factors that can be over 1 billion. That means our drums will oscillate 1 million times longer.
To put that into perspective, if you struck a musical drum tuned to 100Hz with a Q factor of 10^9, it would be audible for up to a year.
Quantum Sensing with a Quantum Drum
Rather than generating large drumbeats for absurdly long periods of time, we instead choose to make the drum smaller and listen to microscopic drumbeats with the same clarity as a if it were a normal drum. The result is our Quantum Drum – an instrument so sensitive that individual particles can play it, and we can listen.
At QFactory, we have also developed compact electronic circuits that are able to readout the motion of our drum. In simple terms, the environment plays our quantum drum and we listen to the notes to gain information about the environment. By modifying either the quantum drum or the electric speaker accordingly, we can sense different things about the environment.
What We Do
We work at the intersection between academia and industry by designing, simulating, and fabricating high-performance nanomechanical resonators custom made for your needs. We specialize in applications requiring:
Ultra-high mechanical quality factors
Ultra-low mechanical loss
Low thermal noise
Small effective mass
Long quantum coherence
Exceptional fabrication consistency.
Our technologies support researchers working at the forefront of quantum science and precision measurement.
✓ Research at the Niels Bohr Institute combined with industry experience
✓ World-leading expertise in quantum optomechanics
✓ Advanced nanofabrication techniques
✓ Ultra-high-Q mechanical resonators
✓ Reliable and reproducible device performance
✓ Built for next-generation quantum applications