Milan startup opens world-first production facility for glass-based quantum photonic chips

NATO-backed Ephos announced today the opening of a production facility dedicated to glass-based quantum photonic chips — a world first, according to the startup. These chips can power quantum applications in computing, sensing, and communications, as well as improve the performance of classical computing. Founded in 2022, Ephos has developed a proprietary manufacturing process that enables it to move away from silicon and build photonic chips with glass substrates — the same material used in optical fibres. Photonic chips use photons (simplified, these are tiny light particles) to carry and process information. They also rely on optical fibres to enable…

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