Photonic computer chip, illustration. Photonic, or optical, computing using photons rather than electrons to perform digital computations. This chip uses two optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs, white tunnels) to squeeze (lower left) and then amplify and measure (right centre) the light. Squeezing light makes it less 'noisy', allowing more sensitive measurements to be taken. This would be important for processing on a quantum device. Photonic devices have the potential to be smaller than electronic devices and to process data faster.

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