Yale scientists have created a new type of silicon laser that uses sound waves to amplify light. A study about the discovery appears in the online edition of the journal Science. In recent y... Read more
Creation of first practical silicon-based laser has the potential to transform communications, healthcare and energy systems A group of researchers from the UK, including academics fr... Read more
UTAH ENGINEERS TAKE A STEP TOWARD SILICON PHOTONIC COMPUTING AT SPEEDS MILLIONS OF TIMES FASTER THAN CURRENT MACHINES University of Utah engineers have taken a step forward in creating the n... Read more
Engineers build cutting-edge photonic devices using standard chip-making process The future of computing may lie not in electrons, but in photons – that is, in microprocessors that use light... Read more
“Provides enormous cost-benefits and advantage over traditional photonic systems” A pair of breakthroughs in the field of silicon photonics by researchers at the University of Colorado... Read more
When Gary Patton pulls a thin, round wafer-like sheet from his coat pocket, he makes no attempts to conceal his excitement. “It’s cutting-edge innovation!” says the man who heads IBM’s resea... Read more
Paves the road to much higher-performance servers, data centers and supercomputers in the years to come In what is likley a significant development for the future of optical communications,... Read more