NEWS
PLAT4M platforms mature to boost silicon photonics supply chain
27 July 2017
Three silicon photonics platforms from Leti, STMicroelectronics and Imec, developed under the European FP7 project PLAT4M, have matured
Silicon photonics
NEWS
UK silicon photonics research gets £4.8m boost
13 July 2017
The UK’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton is set to receive £4.8 million to support the centre’s silicon photonics research
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Computing at the speed of light
30 June 2017
Scott Jordan, head of photonics at Physik Instrumente, describes how advances in precise nanoscale alignment are cutting time and costs associated with the silicon photonics manufacturing process
FEATURE
Can silicon photonics escape the rack?
4 August 2016
Having transformed fibre-optic communications, silicon's optical properties look set to spread to applications like chemical sensing and intra-chip communications, finds Andy Extance