Optical logic gates represent a cutting‐edge approach to perform computation entirely with light, bypassing the limitations inherent to electronic components. By exploiting light’s phase, intensity, ...

One of the biggest obstacles to fully optical computing has been the lack of a fast, scalable photonic memory cell. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have demonstrated what they are ...

Addressing a major roadblock in next-generation photonic computing and signal processing systems, researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have ...

Machine learning and nanophotonics combine to enable fast, energy-efficient computing and sensing with potential for transformative AI-driven technologies. Fueled by metasurfaces and integrated ...

Optical quantum computers are gaining attention as a next-generation computing technology with high speed and scalability. However, accurately characterizing complex optical processes, where multiple ...

The (above) figure shows how light is focused into a tiny processing unit, allowing vast strings of computational information to be transferred without the use of energy-intensive circuitry. The other ...

A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in photonics: the design of the first optical device that follows the emerging ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced a wide range of computing systems inspired by the human brain or designed to emulate some of its functions. These include devices that artificially ...

A new technical paper titled “Advances in waveguide to waveguide couplers for 3D integrated photonic packaging” was published by researchers at MIT and Bridgewater State University. “In this paper, we ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. and HOBOKEN, N.J., Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: POET), a leader in the design and implementation of highly-integrated ...

New initiative aimed at developing optical computing technologies to overcome the performance and energy limitations of traditional electronic architectures New York, NY, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE ...