The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) now embarks upon a series of guest analysis pieces covering the world of photonics. The flow of network packets via photonics light-based networks provides ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China have achieved a major breakthrough in optical clock technology, developing a strontium optical lattice clock with stability and ...

Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. As fast as modern electronics have become, they could ...

With the expansion of AI, network requirements are increasing in areas including bandwidth, latency and reliability, according to Huawei.

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Researchers in China published a paper describing a theoretical model for photonic computing that used light particles instead of electrons for faster processing. The team developed “parallel optical ...

As digital data streams increase in speed and data rate, losses in PCB traces become ever more of a bottleneck.

A new Stanford-designed optical amplifier uses energy recycling in a resonator to deliver strong, low-noise amplification with far less power.

A research team has successfully implemented a programmable spinor lattice on a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). This platform enables the realization of non-Abelian physics, in which the outcome of ...

How can we cut AI energy costs while boosting performance? By computing with light. That is the bold challenge a team of American researchers has taken on by developing a chip that combines optical ...