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Silicon Photonics
Silicon Photonics
Data traveling at the speed of light may be the future of connectivity and computing.
Silicon Photonics
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Healthcare Sensing on Silicon
Oct. 14, 2025
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Guiding Light: How to Optimize Silicon Photonics with Mixed-Signal Simulation
June 11, 2025
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Powering the AI Revolution: Silicon Photonics and the Future of Data Centers
March 31, 2025
MIT
Industrial
Tractor Beam Uses Light to Attract Biological Particles
Oct. 16, 2024
MIT; generated by AI
Industrial
Coin-Sized 3D Printer’s Tiny Photonic Chip Turns into Laser-Steering “Engine”
Aug. 5, 2024
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Silicon-Based Electro-Optical Device Delivers Narrowband Multi-GHz Filtering
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Silicon Photonics Will Shine in the Age of AI
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Photonic ICs: Progress Across Many Fronts, End Applications
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June 6, 2023
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Broadcom Upgrades Co-Packaged Optics Switch to 51.2 Tb/s
The 51.2-Tb/s Bailly chip puts eight optical engines in a package with the Tomahawk 5 switch.
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This Company is “Open” to Silicon Photonics
OpenLight’s Tom Mader talks about silicon photonics and advances in lasers, and the launch of his new company.
Oct. 25, 2022
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Broadcom’s First Switch with Co-Packaged Optics is Cloud-Bound
Tencent will be the first to deploy the co-packaged optical switch in its cloud data centers.
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Is It Finally Time for Silicon Photonics to Shine?
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