Nanopositioning, customization and control: opening new frontiers in optical computing

Akhetonics, a German startup developing all-optical processors, faced a critical challenge: testing advanced photonic chips demands nanometer-precision alignment. Physics World reports the company partnered with SmarAct, a precision-motion specialist, to build a custom optical test platform that enables rapid evaluation and optimization of new designs. Optical computing promises major gains in energy efficiency and bandwidth, but scaling it from research labs to production requires exactly this kind of specialized collaboration.

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