Xanadu, ASML to advance lithography for photonic quantum hardware

Canadian photonic quantum computing company Xanadu and ASML have announced a collaboration to develop advanced lithography processes for Xanadu’s photonic quantum hardware.

This collaboration aims to enable both companies to gain deeper insight into how advanced lithography innovations can help reduce optical losses in quantum computing chips, accelerating the industry's path toward utility-scale quantum computing (USQC), Xanadu said in a press release.

Through this collaboration, Xanadu and ASML will explore lithography-enabled process approaches that may contribute to improved patterning control and lower-loss photonic structures.

“Fault tolerance and error correction are arguably the most important technical objectives for the quantum computing industry,” said Dr. Christian Weedbrook, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xanadu. “Collaborating with ASML gives Xanadu the opportunity to explore advanced, industry-leading lithography processes that will support the continued development of our photonic quantum hardware.”

“For ASML, this collaboration is an opportunity to explore advanced lithography processes with Xanadu and better understand how our technology and expertise can support next-generation photonics applications,” said Stan Baron, Senior Vice President and Head of Customer Team EU-US at ASML. “We are pleased to contribute to this work, supporting the exploration of future manufacturing approaches for photonic quantum hardware as the technology matures.”