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    Data traveling at the speed of light may be the future of connectivity and computing.
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    Tractor Beam Uses Light to Attract Biological Particles

    Oct. 16, 2024
    The chip-based tractor beam developed by MIT applies focused light to capture and manipulate tiny cells.
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    Coin-Sized 3D Printer’s Tiny Photonic Chip Turns into Laser-Steering “Engine”

    Aug. 5, 2024
    The chip-based printer uses silicon photonics and advanced photochemistry for non-mechanical 3D printing with visible-light holograms.
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    Silicon-Based Electro-Optical Device Delivers Narrowband Multi-GHz Filtering

    Feb. 13, 2024
    An array of electro-optical components fabricated as a silicon-based photonic IC provides narrowband passband and notch filtering above 10 GHz.
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    Silicon Photonics Will Shine in the Age of AI

    Aug. 1, 2023
    Demand for networking bandwidth in the data center is no longer sustainable. Enter optical I/O.
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    Photonic ICs: Progress Across Many Fronts, End Applications

    July 17, 2023
    Researchers are leveraging semiconductor materials and processes to devise photonic ICs with impressive functions and bandwidth.

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    April 12, 2023
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    Broadcom’s First Switch with Co-Packaged Optics is Cloud-Bound

    Aug. 24, 2022
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    Is It Finally Time for Silicon Photonics to Shine?

    July 13, 2022
    A new silicon-photonics process developed by GlobalFoundries has the backing of Ayar Labs, Broadcom, Cisco, Marvell, and NVIDIA.