Scientists have developed a detection system that could vastly improve the accuracy of human facial and activity recognition at long distances and through obstructions like fog, smoke or camouflage. The research is published in the optics and photonics journal Optica and is a collaboration between the Single-Photon Group at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, led by quantum photonics expert Professor Gerald Buller, using equipment developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology and by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, and by the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

In an industry first, Photonic Inc. has introduced a new, low-overhead family of Quantum Low-Density Parity Check (QLDPC) codes that can efficiently perform both quantum computation and error correction, using materially fewer quantum bits (qubits) than traditional surface code approaches. This milestone work will accelerate the timeline to useful quantum computing.

Two researchers from the Leibniz University Hannover demonstrate a dynamically adaptable, resource-minimised quantum key distribution exploiting the photon colours for the first time.

Quandela, the European leader in photonic quantum computing, announces a major breakthrough for the sector in a scientific paper describing a reduction by a factor of 100,000 in the number of components required for fault-tolerant calculations. Quandela’s hybrid approach, based on a technology that generates photonic qubits with unprecedented efficiency from artificial atoms (semiconductor quantum emitters), should enable the company to accelerate the scaling-up of its quantum computers.

PsiQuantum has successfully completed the research & development viability phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Utility-Scale Quantum Computing program and is now entering the validation phase of the program. In this final phase, DARPA will evaluate PsiQuantum’s utility scale system design, component and system performance to specification, and application use cases and economic utility. This next and final phase of work marks another significant milestone in PsiQuantum's roadmap to develop the world’s first utility-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers on the fastest timeline possible.

RTX’s BBN Technologies and Xanadu, in collaboration with the University of Maryland and Raytheon’s Advanced Technology business, are spearheading a groundbreaking project in response to DARPA MTO’s INSPIRED Program. The team aims to develop the INSIGHT device: an integrated, in-package squeezed light generator and homodyne detector. This innovation is designed to achieve an unprecedented detection sensitivity 16 dB below the photon shot noise level, leveraging cutting-edge silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits (SiN PICs) and high-efficiency on-chip detection.

A recent study led by quantum researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory proved popular among the science community interested in building a more reliable quantum network.

Imagine a camera that doesn’t miss anything, one sensitive enough to detect individual photons of light. That’s the goal of Sarah Odinotski and Jack DeGooyer, two PhD researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The potential of their ambitious project was underlined when both were awarded prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for their distinct but complementary research.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Rice University and Texas A&M University has received a $1.2 million award from the W.M. Keck Foundation to advance super-resolution imaging and single-molecule tracking by harnessing super-radiance, a quantum optical phenomenon with transformative potential for research and innovation in medicine, engineering and the physical sciences.

Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”), an innovative, integrated photonics and quantum optics technology company, today announced it has received a fifth purchase order for its thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip foundry. The latest order comes from a research group based in Canada to support its research efforts on quantum photonics.