UMass Amherst & UCSB Demonstrate Photonic Chip Integration for Miniaturized Trapped-Ion Quantum Systems

UMass Amherst & UCSB researchers replaced room-sized laser/optical components with photonic system-on-a-chip, enabling chip-scale trapped-ion qubit and clock operations — a key step toward portable quantum devices.

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Compact On-Chip Optical Parametric Amplifier Achieves 17 dB Gain Below 200 mW

Stanford researchers built a thin-film lithium niobate OPA using a second-harmonic resonant pump loop, achieving >17 dB gain at <200 mW — an order of magnitude over prior devices — enabling chip-scale quantum squeezing, biosensors, and broadband comms.

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Scientists build AI chip that computes with light in trillionths Researchers build nanophotonic chip that runs AI calculations with light, promising faster and more energy efficient computing.

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Google's New Phototonic Taara Chip Could Replace Fiber With 10Gbps Wireless Beams - WinBuzzer Alphabet’s Taara Project Has Developed a Photonic Chip That Transmits Data Faster Than Fiber

Alphabet’s Taara Project Has Developed a Photonic Chip That Transmits Data Faster Than Fiber

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