Jose Capmany (left) is co-founder and COO of iPronics, Daniel Perez-Lopez (right) is co-founder and CTO of iPronics.
Following iPronics’ securing of €3.7M funding to bring its software-reconfigurable photonic processors to market, we ask co-founders Jose Capmany and Daniel Perez-Lopez how the technology could influence photonic computing
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We round up the market for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and highlight some of the photonic components and technology available
Photonic integrated circuits can guide light on a chip with ultra-low low losses, and enhance optical fields using micro-ring resonators. (Image: Yujia Yan, EPFL)
The work could benefit transmission electron microscopy for application in materials science and structural biology
When connected to a laser beam, the new thin-film circuit produces finely tailorable terahertz-frequency waves. The device opens up a world of potential applications in optics, imaging and telecommunications. (Image: EPFL)
The chips show promise for a whole host of applications in optics, spectroscopy, imaging and telecommunications
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits, Matthew Dale finds
Dr Okky Daulay (left) and Professor David Marpaung (right) have overcome the performance challenges of programmable microwave photonic circuits. (Image: University of Twente)
The filter represents a breakthrough in the integration of functionality and performance in radio frequency photonic signal processors
EPIC holds its second Meeting of the EPIC PIC Manufacturing Advocacy Group in Basel, Switzerland
Carlos Lee at EPIC highlights work being done to ensure Europe plays a leading role in the manufacturing of Photonic Integrated Circuits
Strontium Lattice Clock – Blue fluorescing cloud of strontium atoms (arrow) that have been laser-cooled to milli-Kelvin temperatures. Credit: Physical-Technical Federal Institute (PTB)
The DigiQuant project involves Toptica, Osram, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits
Credit: University of Rochester / J Adam Fenster
The new type of integrated semiconductor laser has the potential to "reshape the landscape of integrated photonics"
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The light source used in the experiment is a custom-designed optical chip
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
