MIT ‘optics on a chip’ may revolutionize telecom, computing

February 6, 2007 | Source: KurzweilAI

MIT researchers have developed a novel way to integrate photonic circuitry on a silicon chip.

The invention will enable integrated devices to be mass-manufactured for the first time. It will also enable supercomputers on a chip, with unique high-speed capabilities for signal processing, spectroscopy and remote testing, among other fields.

The method involves separating the two orientations of polarized light waves.