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Programmable photonic chip uses light to accelerate AI training and cut energy use
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Programmable photonic chip uses light to accelerate AI training and cut energy use

An image of the light inside the chip — the white dashed boxes are the inputs and the yellow dashed boxes the outputs....

Photonic computing needs more nonlinearity: Acoustics can help
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Photonic computing needs more nonlinearity: Acoustics can help

A schematic representation of how an optoacoustic activation function can be employed between layers n − 1 and n + 1 of an...

Photonic chips boost computing speed and efficiency to address growing demand
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Photonic chips boost computing speed and efficiency to address growing demand

Latency comparison and principle of the heuristic recurrent algorithm. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08786-6 Computer chips that combine the use of light and...

Combining photonic neural networks with distributed acoustic sensing for infrastructure monitoring
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Combining photonic neural networks with distributed acoustic sensing for infrastructure monitoring

By directly leveraging light signals received from distributed acoustic sensing systems, the proposed photonic neural network architecture provides massive gains in accuracy and...

Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission
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Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission

A focus-stacked macro photograph of a fabricated gallium phosphide photonic chip featuring multiple spiral waveguides and other test structures. The chip width is...

High-performance programmable photonic chip could transform radar and communication systems
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High-performance programmable photonic chip could transform radar and communication systems

Experimental setup with TFLN microwave photonic chip. Credit: University of Twente Researchers at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the City University...

Engineers create photonic switch that overcomes routing size–speed tradeoffs
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Engineers create photonic switch that overcomes routing size–speed tradeoffs

Some of the equipment used by the Feng Group for transmitting light. Credit: Bella Ciervo Every second, terabytes of data—the equivalent of downloading...