NTT Research appoints Dr. Tetsuomi Sogawa as PHI Lab director

5 articles · Updated · contxto.com · Apr 27

Dr. Sogawa will lead the PHI Lab, which develops photonic chips using Lithium Niobate on Insulators for quantum computing, following his appointment at the Upgrade 2026 event.
NTT Research, backed by $3 billion and 21,500 patents, is advancing light-based computing to address energy demands of AI, and recently launched Scale Academy to commercialize scientific discoveries.
NTT’s partnerships, including with OptQC for scalable quantum computers and Kipu Quantum to expand in Latin America, signal growing global and regional opportunities as quantum computing moves closer to commercial deployment.

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