# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZvW6lWGfZx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66922487-opticaworldwide-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-18T20:04:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

A new advance brings frequency-domain quantum information processing — a promising photonic quantum computing approach — closer to practical implementation.

Researchers from SandiaLabs and LifeAtPurdue created a highly scalable way to control quantum information, which uses acousto-optic frequency beamsplitters to split light into different frequencies within the same waveguide. 

Acousto-optic modulators convert electric fields into acoustic vibrations, which then change the frequency of light passing through them; but typically, they are large, require precise alignment and lack customizability.

To overcome the limitation, the team designed integrated acousto-optic frequency beamsplitters that make it possible to perform scalable operations while splitting frequencies into only two waveguides, regardless of the number of channels. This allows quantum information to be encoded in frequency rather than the more traditional methods of using spatial paths or polarization states.

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## Tags

computing, quantumphysics, quantum, technology, opg_opticaq

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