There’s about $35M up for grabs if your circuits can beat today’s limits It's no lightweight matter. DARPA is putting about $35 million in total funding on the table in the hope that it will spur ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

The field of all‐optical logic circuits has garnered significant attention in recent years, particularly with the integration of micro‐ring resonators to process information entirely via light. These ...

PiggyMeter is a wonderful example of a device that you never knew you needed – simple, elegant, easy to build, and accompanied by amazing documentation. It’s a snap-on interface for electric meters, ...

Scientists have developed an ingenious method to create and control ultra-confined light waves, a significant step towards realizing tiny optical circuits. This method works in two steps, like giving ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising material platform for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and miniaturized solid-state quantum systems. In the ALP-4-SiC project, researchers from the Max Planck ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. A most critical device in an optical networking system is the laser diode, since it’s responsible for converting the ...