Photonics stories
The planned handover signals a shift towards fault-tolerant quantum systems as the Danish company prepares to scale beyond its first products.
Each winning group will receive JPY ¥10 million for work that could sharpen timekeeping and strengthen AI decision-making across industry.
The funding backs efforts to reduce downtime in large AI systems as optical links become a critical bottleneck across data centres.
Poorly cleaned fibre connectors can trigger faults and extra field troubleshooting as Sticklers demonstrates tools for cable and broadband operators.
Backed by EUR 4 million in fresh funding, the Finnish metals monitoring company is stepping up expansion into mining, wastewater and battery recycling.
Demand for denser AI data-centre links is pushing Enlightra to validate comb-based laser chips with high-resolution spectrum testing.
The Swiss start-up will use fresh funding to expand its team and scale fabrication of trapped-ion chips aimed at hundreds of qubits.
Room-temperature photonic systems could help quantum machines slot into data centres and classical supercomputers without cryogenic cooling.
Initial full-wafer graphene runs have brought Archer closer to repeatable qubit production, with a working device still due by Q3 2026.
Real-time control remains the bottleneck for scalable photonic quantum machines, and this unit is built to act within 150 nanoseconds.
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Preserving humanity's records for billions of years, the quartz crystal will ride AstroForge's DeepSpace-2 mission beyond lunar orbit in 2026.
The Bristol start-up will use the two-year funding to hasten clinical trials and development of a handheld eye scanner, with NHS savings in sight.
The ten-month project will add process engineering in Cardiff as Finchetto moves from system design to manufacturing for AI networking hardware.
The field trial showed practical quantum encryption can work over open air, generating secure keys at 230 to 260 bits per second across 5.56 km.
More than 700 delegates used the sold-out summit to press for stronger investment and collaboration to turn UK deep-tech research into jobs.
Canada's quantum manufacturing push gets a lift as federal backing supports a Toronto site aimed at scaling photonic hardware production.
A lack of national coordination risks leaving Australia behind as other countries pour funds into chips vital to defence, AI and industry.
The UK lab trial aims to slash AI power use and cut accelerator idle time as demand for inference strains data centre networks.
The tech cluster supports more than 63,000 jobs and could help Canada strengthen domestic supply chains for semiconductors and photonics.
