Photonic Integration

Enabling on-board and co-packaged optics requires photonic integrated circuits and silicon photonics, but the exact format is yet to be established, finds Andy Extance

Could indium phosphide photonic integration be key to the ongoing development of high-performance coherent optics?

Graphene could transform networks if its remarkable properties can sustain a viable supply chain, finds Andy Extance

There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance

Collaborative initiatives are seeking to bridge the gap between small- and large-scale production of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance

Dr Marc Bohn gives a systems vendor’s perspective on the emergence of silicon photonics based components in coherent metro and long-haul optical networks

With packaging costs dominating the cost of optical transceivers, will silicon photonics ever provide the cheap, fast optical links that data centre managers crave? Rebecca Pool finds out

The jury is still out on the significance of silicon photonics-based products in the optical component industry, writes Roy Rubenstein