The photonic components for both devices can be manufactured using the same factories and processes that already produce electronic chips, Rizzo says. So the technology will scale easily.

Photonic Inc: Connectivity diagrams of surface (left) and SHYPS (right) codes in practice. In a full implementation of SHYPS codes and comparably scaled implementation of surface codes, SHYPS ...

With error-resistant photonic qubits now proven on-chip, Xanadu edges closer to its vision of a utility-scale quantum computer — modular, networked, and ready for real-world application.

More information: M. V. Larsen et al, Integrated photonic source of Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill qubits, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09044-5 Journal information: Nature ...

The integration of quantum mechanics and photonics is no longer confined to theoretical research. As quantum photonics innovations move from the lab to real-world applications, they promise to ...

Photonic Raises $100 Million USD for Quantum Technology from BCI, Microsoft, and Other Investors Total Funding of $140 Million to Date Fuels Fast-Paced Development of Scalable, Fault-tolerant ...

Lightmatter, a Mountain View, California-headquartered startup building photonic tech in datacenter networking chips, said on Wednesday it has raised $400 million in a Series D funding round at a ...

Photonic computing needs more nonlinearity: Acoustics can help Date: April 14, 2025 Source: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Summary: Neural networks are one typical structure on ...

Photonic computing has been in the making for decades, but these demonstrations might mean that we are finally about to harness the power of light to build more-powerful and energy-efficient ...

The photonic SHE is a fundamental physical effect that originates from the spin-orbit interaction of light. It can be regarded as an analog of the spin Hall effect in electronic systems: ...

Photonic quantum chips are making AI smarter and greener Date: June 8, 2025 Source: University of Vienna Summary: A team of researchers has shown that even small-scale quantum computers can ...