Xanadu, Thorlabs partner to advance optical controls for quantum computing

Xanadu Quantum Technologies and Thorlabs have partnered to develop customized optical fiber components essential for realizing large-scale photonic quantum computing. The collaboration will combine Xanadu’s photonic quantum computing hardware expertise and Thorlabs’ advanced optical component manufacturing capabilities to help address critical challenges in scaling photonic quantum computing systems. Together, the companies can accelerate the production of novel component designs from proof-of-concept to high-volume manufacturing for Xanadu’s scalable hardware. The goal of this collaboration is to develop photonic components that address phase and polarization stability — key challenges in photonic quantum computing. Maintaining this stability is crucial. Any unwanted drift distorts information encoded in photonic qubits, resulting in computational errors.