Xanadu and ASML Announce Collaboration to Advance Lithography for Photonic Quantum Hardware

Xanadu and ASML Announce Collaboration to Advance Lithography for Photonic Quantum Hardware

TORONTO, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited ("Xanadu"; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, and ASML, a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry, today announced a collaboration to develop advanced lithography processes for Xanadu’s…

Xanadu and ASML Partner to Optimize Lithography Processes for Ultra-Low-Loss Quantum Photonics

Xanadu Quantum Technologies and ASML are collaborating to improve lithography processes for quantum photonics, aiming to reduce optical signal loss in silicon photonic circuits. Their research focuses on minimizing Line Edge Roughness (LER) caused by DUV and EUV photolithography, which scatters photons in optical waveguides, with the goal of achieving ultra-smooth waveguide sidewalls for fault-tolerant quantum error correction.

ASML Explores Photonics With Xanadu Quantum Collaboration

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited and ASML announced a collaboration to develop advanced lithography processes for Xanadu’s photonic quantum hardware, aiming to reduce optical losses in quantum computing chips and accelerate the path toward utility-scale quantum computing. This collaboration will explore lithography-enabled process approaches that may contribute to improved patterning control and lower-loss photonic structures.

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