Xanadu, HyperLight cut optical switch loss to 7 millidecibels from 20
XNDU•Xanadu and HyperLight reduced optical switch insertion loss to 7 millidecibels, down from 20 millidecibels in 2025.
1. Lower switch loss
The companies said their thin-film lithium niobate switches demonstrated strong manufacturing yield and repeatability on HyperLight's high-volume wafer production line. Lower switch loss reduces qubit signal degradation, addressing a barrier to scaling commercially viable photonic quantum computers.
