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Quantum light source goes completely ‘on-chip’
Brings scalability to quantum cloud, say developers at Leibniz-Hannover, Twente, and QuiX Quantum.. An international team of researchers...

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Apr 24, 20231 min read


Transitioning To Photonics
High speed and low heat make this technology essential, but it’s extremely complex and talent is hard to find and train. Silicon...

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Apr 20, 20232 min read


Researchers design electro-optic modulators for visible to near-infrared wavelengths
A new type of electro-optic modulator controls the shorter, visible wavelengths of the optical spectrum—and breaks limits on how fast and...

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Apr 19, 20231 min read


Entangled Photons Produced Entirely On-Chip Quantum photonic technology reduced to the size of a coin
Advances in photonics have made it possible to entangle photon pairs on a chip rather than using bulky optical equipment, which could...

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Apr 18, 20231 min read


Dialogue: Taking the pulse of European PIC development
EO: industries are driving the development and integration of PIC technology? ER: The main industry dominating the drive to develop and...

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Apr 16, 20231 min read


Silicon Photonics Platform Enables Next-Generation Quantum Devices
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 11, 2023 — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have greatly improved the...

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Apr 13, 20231 min read


Building an open platform for photonic integrated circuit design
OpenLight, which launched as an independent company in June last year, is developing an open silicon photonics platform with integrated...

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Apr 11, 20231 min read


Integrated Photonic Quantum Sensing Takes Aim at Climate Research
AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2023 — A NASA-funded collaboration will focus on advancing quantum sensing technology to enable new...

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Apr 10, 20231 min read


Enabling a 100ZR Ecosystem
Given the success of 400ZR pluggable coherent solutions in the market, discussions in the telecom sector about a future beyond 400G...

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Apr 5, 20231 min read


OpenLight’s CEO Adam Carter intros their PDK Sampler
In the following dialogue, Adam Carter chats about OpenLight’s new process design kit (PDK) - a tool to help accelerate designing...

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Apr 3, 20231 min read


In The Need For Speed, Chipmaker Broadcom Leads The Push For Silicon Photonics
"Top Gun" pilots aren't the only ones feeling the need for speed. So are data centers. And that has spurred the drive for silicon...

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Mar 30, 20231 min read


Tower Announces First Heterogeneous Integration of QD Lasers on SiPho Foundry Platform
Specialty analog foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd of Migdal Haemek, Israel, in collaboration with Quintessent Inc of Santa Barbara, CA,...

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Mar 28, 20231 min read


Researchers Develop Silicon Photonic MEMS compatible with Semiconductor Manufacturing
A team of researchers led by the University of Sydney’s Associate Professor Niels Quack has developed a new technology to combine optics...

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Mar 27, 20231 min read


iPronics Commercializes Easily Programmable Photonic Processors
The Spanish company has created programmable photonic chips for wireless signal processing, data centers, machine learning, and other...

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Mar 27, 20231 min read


Optical switching at record speeds opens door for ultrafast, light-based electronics and computers
Imagine a home computer operating 1 million times faster than the most expensive hardware on the market. Now imagine that level of...

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Mar 22, 20231 min read
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