Liquid crystal waveguides and photonic devices represent a rapidly evolving field at the crossroads of optics and materials science. Leveraging the unique anisotropic properties of liquid crystals, ...

In a groundbreaking leap for photonics, scientists have created the world’s first programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide, a device that can switch between multiple optical functions on a single ...

Waveguides are structures designed to direct and control the propagation of electromagnetic waves from one point to another. They play a crucial role in various fields, including telecommunications, ...

Co-packaged optics (CPO) technology can integrate photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with electronic integrated circuits (EICs) like CPUs and GPUs on a single platform. This advanced technology has ...

A focus-stacked macro photograph of a fabricated gallium phosphide photonic chip featuring multiple spiral waveguides and other test structures. The chip width is just 0.55 cm across. Due to the high ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OKI (TOKYO: 6703) has successfully developed Tiling crystal film bonding (CFB; Note 1) technology using its proprietary CFB technology. This technology makes possible the ...

Collaborative research demonstrates unprecedented degree of control over propagation of light waves to perform machine-learning computations Figure 1: (A) The fundamental unit of an artificial neural ...

Commercialization has started for network switches based on co-packaged optics (CPO), which are capable of routing signals at terabits per second speeds, but manufacturing challenges remain regarding ...

Chip maker GlobalFoundries (GF), which is also a major player in silicon photonics production, has revealed details of a collaboration with the fiber-optics giant Corning targeting co-packaged optics ...

On July 7, ESA, the European Space Agency, successfully established Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link with NASA’s Psyche mission using a high-power fiber laser system from NKT ...