# Local Droplet Etching Produces Better Quantum Dots for Photonic Chips - slug: local-droplet-etching-produces-better-quantum-dots-for-photonic-chips - date: 2026-03-14 - category: Quantum Computing # Local Droplet Etching Produces Better Quantum Dots for Photonic Chips A new manufacturing technique could make quantum dots more practical for integrated quantum photonics. Researchers in Brazil and Austria demonstrated that local droplet etching (LDE) can produce indium gallium arsenide (InG... ---