Pascale Senellart-Mardon, CNRS research director at the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Université Paris-Saclay and co-founder of photonic quantum computer start-up Quandela, talks to Nature Materials about photonic quantum technologies and the challenges and opportunities of juggling academia and industry.
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Martinez, A. Brightening up quantum computing. Nat. Mater. 24, 1864–1865 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02410-8
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