Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Peking University in China has designed a revolutionary ‘all-optical ...

Artificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of energy, but researchers at the University of Florida have built a chip that could change everything by using light instead of electricity for a ...

Photonic quantum processors, devices that can process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects and particles of light (photons), have shown promise for numerous applications, ranging from ...

Integrated circuits are the brains behind modern electronic devices like computers or smart phones. Traditionally, these circuits—also known as chips—rely on electricity to process data. In recent ...

The creation of a compact source of light that fits onto a chip has long been the aim of many photonics labs worldwide. In particular, researchers have wanted to design chips that can convert one ...

Forward-looking: By demonstrating a chip that can produce multiple frequencies without adjustment, a Maryland research team has brought photonic integration closer to parity with the semiconductor ...