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Photonic Computing

Quantum computing with light: photonic processors, boson sampling, squeezed states, integrated photonics and optical interconnects.

  • A complex metallic apparatus glows with intense pink and purple light within a darkened laboratory setting.
    Photonic Computing

    Queen’s University Pins Conditional Phase Despite Emitter Decay

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 26, 2026
  • Researchers Build Mirror Reflecting 99.82% of Light
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Build Mirror Reflecting 99.82% of Light

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 25, 2026
  • Kp Labs Simulates Photonics on Digital Qubits
    Photonic Computing

    Kp Labs Simulates Photonics on Digital Qubits

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 25, 2026
  • Blue laser beams cross at a small mirror mount on a dark optical table
    Photonic Computing, Quantum Events, Quantum Features

    Quantum photonics and sensing at QCE26 counted every photon

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 20, 2026
  • A network of glowing nodes and connecting lines spans a dark blue background, creating a futuristic, digital landscape
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Entangle 13 Photons to Build Larger Quantum Graphs

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 16, 2026
  • Researchers Map Full Timing of Four-Photon Interference
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Map Full Timing of Four-Photon Interference

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 16, 2026
  • A complex microchip with gold wiring sits on a dark circuit board, illuminated with bright, focused lighting
    Quantum Hardware, Photonic Computing

    Xanadu and GlobalFoundries team up for quantum chip production

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 6, 2026
  • Blue fibre optic patch cables plugged into a rack panel with a web of light points
    High Performance Computing, Photonic Computing

    Optalysys says photonic chips can move data, not just connect it

    by Ivy DelaneyOctober 6, 2026
  • A green circuit board with a central chip and gold connectors sits amongst testing equipment in a bright setting
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    QRDC validates QuantLase Photonic Intelligence Processing Unit research

    by Rusty FlintOctober 1, 2026
  • Researchers Characterise Multimode Squeezed Light for Quantum Systems
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Characterise Multimode Squeezed Light for Quantum Systems

    by Muhammad Rohail T.September 29, 2026
  • Schematic of a hybrid photonic quantum-computing architecture. A stationary spin-qubit layer is connected to a
    Quantum Hardware, Photonic Computing

    Quandela builds thousands of spin-photon interfaces for hybrid quantum computing

    by Rusty FlintSeptember 29, 2026
  • A complex microchip with glowing circuitry sits amidst a dark, metallic framework, illuminated by cool, blue light
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    A chip-scale circulator achieves 37dB isolation for optical signals

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 26, 2026
  • Researchers Detect Relationships in Quantum Data with 15% Greater Accuracy
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Detect Relationships in Quantum Data with 15% Greater Accuracy

    by Muhammad Rohail T.September 25, 2026
  • A complex microchip with red traces sits on a testing platform, illuminated by a focused light source in a lab
    Quantum Technology, Photonic Computing

    Photonic chip steers light over 1,300 km with less digital fixing

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 25, 2026
  • A complex microchip with red traces sits on a testing platform, illuminated by a focused light source in a lab
    High Performance Computing, Photonic Computing

    Q.ANT releases first open toolkit for photonic computing

    by The NeuronSeptember 23, 2026
  • Flat patterned lens in an optical mount splitting a white beam into a curving rainbow
    Quantum Applications, Photonic Computing

    EurekAlert reports a chip with quantum wells boosts image processing on-device

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 21, 2026
  • A green circuit board with a central chip and gold connectors sits amongst testing equipment in a bright setting
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    NLM Photonics and SilOriX team up on faster optical chips

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 21, 2026
  • An ion trap inside a vacuum chamber
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Print Blue Lasers on Silicon Nitride Chips

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 18, 2026
  • Bristol Team Senses Phases with 0.199dB Enhancement
    Photonic Computing

    Bristol Chip Uses Entangled Light to Beat Shot-Noise Limit for Compact Sensors

    by FuturistSeptember 17, 2026
  • Sergey Makarov. Credit:
    Physics, Photonic Computing

    ITMO team traps ultrafast light for future optical chips

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 17, 2026
  • Researchers Swap Entanglement across 40km Fibre with Live Data
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Swap Entanglement across 40km Fibre with Live Data

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 17, 2026
  • A glowing, polygonal brain is centered against a dark, futuristic background filled with digital data and light particles.
    Artificial Intelligence, Photonic Computing

    Light-based neural network processes signals with no imaging step

    by The NeuronSeptember 17, 2026
  • Researchers Review Progress in Optical Quantum Computing
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Review Progress in Optical Quantum Computing

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 17, 2026
  • Researchers Automate Creation of Entangled Photonic Circuits
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Automate Creation of Entangled Photonic Circuits

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 17, 2026
  • A complex optical setup is displayed on a dark table in a laboratory setting, dominated by green laser beams.
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    ITMO launches institute to build Russia’s photonics future

    by The NeuronSeptember 16, 2026
  • The PRISM payload with the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder Interferometer photonic chip, laser and photodiode, together with the
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    TU Delft satellite carries first TriPleX chip to space

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 10, 2026
  • A black hole with a bright accretion disc
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Bound Quantum Register’s Information Capacity above

    by Dr. DonovanSeptember 10, 2026
  • Researchers Propose Heralded Fusion of Photonic Quantum States
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Propose Heralded Fusion of Photonic Quantum States

    by The Quantum MechanicSeptember 10, 2026
  • A green circuit board with numerous components and connectors is displayed on a workbench amidst electronic testing equipment.
    Quantum Hardware, Photonic Computing

    ASML explores photonics with Xanadu quantum collaboration

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 9, 2026
  • A complex optical setup is displayed on a dark table in a laboratory setting, dominated by green laser beams.
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    PhotonDelta’s photonic chips correct light distortion for faster imaging

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 4, 2026
  • Two photos show hands holding and bending a transparent flexible silicon sheet
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    MIT builds a way to mass-produce flexible photonic chips

    by Ivy DelaneySeptember 3, 2026
  • A swirling magnetic skyrmion in magenta and cyan
    Quantum Research News, Photonic Computing

    Cornell Team Achieves Quantum Light-to-Lasting Magnetism

    by The QuantSeptember 2, 2026
  • Illustrated neurons firing across a blue field
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    Scopus shows DRUM chip lets light-based neurons change reaction

    by Rusty FlintSeptember 1, 2026
  • LightSolver - Illustration of future LPU Unit
    Deep Tech, Photonic Computing

    CollPlant buys LightSolver, enters quantum photonic computing race

    by Ivy DelaneyAugust 31, 2026
  • A green circuit board with numerous components and connectors is displayed on a workbench amidst electronic test equipment.
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Derive New Hamiltonians in Broken Photonic Symmetries

    by SchrödingerAugust 24, 2026
  • A complex scientific apparatus containing a glowing sphere is shown within a vacuum chamber, surrounded by metallic components.
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Build Nanoscale Lens Enhancing Atom Detection Fourfold

    by The Quantum MechanicAugust 24, 2026
  • A luminous, curved structure dominates the dark space, radiating outwards with a bright golden core and blue lines.
    Photonic Computing

    Researchers Prove Conjecture Supporting GBS Quantum Advantage

    by Quantum StrategistAugust 24, 2026

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