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Silicon Photonics Advances Multi-Qubit Quantum Computing

Can a silicon chip handle complex quantum states without relying on conventional multi-photon resources? A programmable photonic approach offers another route. Sizhen Chip Technolo...

Photonic Quantum Technology Companies in 2026

Insider Brief Most quantum computers rely on extreme cooling to keep their qubits stable. Photonic quantum computers take a different route by using photons, particles of light, as...

Photonic interface links neutral-atom quantum processors in parallel

A 10-channel photonic interface links neutral-atom qubits in parallel, opening a scalable route to networking quantum processors for fault-tolerant computing.

Sizhen Chip Demonstrates Multi-Qubit Photonic Quantum States on Silicon Chip

Insider Brief Hefei Sizhen Chip Technology Co., Ltd. and the research group of Professor Ren Xifeng at the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technolo...

Sparrow Quantum Sets Record With 500 Million Usable Photons Per Second

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Quantum computers are being built in several ways: superconducting circuits, trapped ions, neutral atoms, semiconductor spins and photonics. Photonic...

Quantum Source Alpha Labs Proposes Hybrid Photon-Atom Blueprint for Fault-Tolerant Computing

Quantum computing startup Quantum Source Alpha Labs (QS Labs) has published a comprehensive hardware blueprint on arXiv detailing a fault-tolerant, compound photon-atom quantum arc...

QuiX Quantum Commercializes Alquor 2.0 Programmable Photonic Processor Platform

Enschede, Netherlands-based hardware developer QuiX Quantum has announced the commercial availability of Alquor 2.0, the second generation of its rack-mountable quantum photonic pr...

Guizhen Chip's On-Chip MBQC Breakthrough Opens a Real Path to Million-Qubit Optical Quantum Computing

Hefei-based Guizhen Chip Technology, working with USTC's Ren Xifeng group, has demonstrated on-chip generation of a 4-photon 16-qubit GHZ state and a 4-qubit cluster state, with Gr...

New photonic crystal design triples useful photon output for quantum networks

A new photonic crystal design boosts useful photons from 23% to 72%, offering a simpler route to more efficient quantum communication networks.

Researchers Use Photons & Phonons for Long-Distance Qubit Communication

The team employed a quantum material and chip architecture that could be key in scaling quantum computers to one million qubits.

Two-Photon Chip Creates Qudit W and Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger States

A photonic chip no larger than a laboratory component has produced a form of quantum entanglement that could reshape how researchers think about scalable quantum technologies. In a...

Pasqal Demonstrates Photonic Chip-Based Control for Neutral-Atom Quantum Computers

Insider Brief Press release – Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced what it, to its knowledge, believes to be a world-first: the trapping of in...

QuiX Quantum Announces Photonic Quantum Computing Architecture For Commercial Deployment

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuiX Quantum today announced Carina, the world’s first universal photonic quantum computing architecture designed for deployment in customer data cent...

Hefei Startup and USTC Demonstrate 16-Qubit On-Chip Photonic MBQC Architecture

Conceptual illustration of the proposed approach and circuit. Chinese startup Hefei Guizhen Chip Technology Co., Ltd. (硅臻芯片), in collaboration with Professor Ren Xifeng's team...

Pasqal Achieves First On-Chip Neutral-Atom Qubit Trapping via Photonic Integrated Circuits

Neutral-atom quantum hardware developer Pasqal has achieved a technical milestone by trapping individual neutral atoms using laser light generated and routed directly through a Pho...

Light-based digital memory moves photonic computing toward gigabit-scale storage

An all-optical memory stores digital data in circulating light for over 20 ms, using Raman amplification and multiple wavelengths to boost capacity.

Guest Post: The Role of Silicon Photonics in Delivering Usable Quantum Computing

Guest post by Professor Callum Littlejohns, Deputy Director at CORNERSTONE, and Dr Amit Agrawal, Associate Professor in Optical Engineering at the University of Cambridge The abili...

QuiX Quantum Launches Alquor 2.0 Photonic Quantum Processor Platform

Insider Brief Press release – QuiX Quantum today announced the commercial availability of Alquor 2.0, the next generation of its rack-mountable quantum photonic processor platform,...

Topological Jackiw-Rebbi States in Photonic Van der Waals Heterostructures

A new study is turning an elegant quantum idea into a practical platform for light. In research published in Light: Science & Applications, physicists report “topological Jacki...

Algorithm-designed photonic circuits beyond human intuition

Researchers used an inverse-design algorithm to create silicon nitride photonic components that are 500 times smaller than conventional designs. The research could pave the way for...

Pusan National University and UNIST Demonstrate Hybrid Quantum Interconnect Benchmark

Researchers at Pusan National University and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have demonstrated direct two-photon interference between two physically...

Shaping light like never before with photonic time crystals

This discovery paves the way for ultrafast optical computing, new telecommunication systems and eventually new types of terahertz lasers.

Programmable photonic chip could unlock light-speed optical computing

New mechanism for channeling of light discovered

The discovery opens up new possibilities for integrated photonics, optical signal transmission on chips and future quantum technologies.