Xanadu and HyperLight Cut Photonic Switch Insertion Loss to 7 Millidecibels, Improving on 20 Millidecibels in 2025
Xanadu Quantum Technologies and HyperLight announced a photonic hardware milestone on November 10, 2026. Using HyperLight thin-film lithium niobate Chiplet platform, the companies demonstrated an optical switch insertion loss of 7 millidecibels.
The result improves on the 20 millidecibel result the companies reported in 2025. The release positioned the platform for applications including photonic quantum computing.
Xanadu, listed on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange as XNDU, describes itself as a photonic quantum computing company. HyperLight is a thin-film lithium niobate photonics company, and the release gave no production timetable for the switch.
(Source: Xanadu)
Source: Xanadu
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