Photonics Update

The Future of Quantum Information Processing?

Photonics as a quantum modality is alive and well throughout the world, and here in this substack, I share a number of updates relevant to this field to address the question is photonics the future of quantum information processing.

Ten months ago, I published a LinkedIn post titled Quantum Photonics 2022 that garnered over 16,000 views. Photonics is one of several quantum modalities leading the way towards a quantum future. In fact several readers shared their views. Rohit Narayan is among the many who are predicting photonics will be the winning quantum modality (of the 10+ out there today) saying “Thanks for this post Brian Lenahan, if I have to choose one winner in Quantum, I will go for Photonics :)” Berend Rah, MD, PhD added a comment to my post “Photonics is the way to go. Room temperature applications and also photonics offers continous processing of quantum information - these are big advantages and its integration with quantum sensing.”

Image source: SciTech Daily

Quantum information processing is possible through photonics by creating, detecting, controlling & manipulating photons; creating quantum entanglement properties found within superposition states to improve how technological systems handle information by increasing their speed, versatility, overall performance, and measuring of #quantum information. Photonics is also being applied to encoding information in photons to detect eavesdroppers to create secure communications.
Why #photons? Because of their high-speed transmission and low-noise properties, and room temperature operations. Whether single photons or quantum states of bright laser beams, photonics hold a promising future for quantum computing power.