US firm advances room-temperature tech to store light particles for quantum computing

Photon Queue raised £4 million in seed funding to develop room-temperature hardware that can temporarily store photons.

The company uses optical switching and reflective mirror loops to hold light particles until they are needed, avoiding cryogenic systems.

Photon memory is a critical infrastructure challenge for scalable quantum computing and quantum networking.

A practical room-temperature solution could simplify quantum hardware and make deployment easier.