A lab mishap has accidentally given birth to a laser-spewing chip that could rein in the power-hungry chaos of AI and its insatiable data cravings. Boffins tinkering with lidar tech have emerged from ...

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser frequencies ...

Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks ...

A tiny device can control laser light very precisely while using much less power, making it possible to build bigger and ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the first compact laser multi-chip package. The PLPM4 450 module can pack up to 20 blue laser chips into a single "butterfly" package for projection ...

With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers have produced the world's first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip, democratizing a once-exclusive technology. As lasers go, ...

Researchers have developed a "laser-powered artificial neuron," which is like a supercharged version of a biological neuron. This chip-based laser neuron mimics how human neurons work, but it's ...

The rapid rise of photonic chips, which use light to process data instead of electrons, may offer faster means to transmit data. But scaling such chips has been held back by one stubborn issue: ...

To address these challenges, Nuvoton Technology has introduced a compact violet laser diode delivering 1.7 W optical output ...

There is a growing demand for portable gas sensors, from both environmental and health sciences as well as industry. Resonant optical sensors, in particular planar micro-resonators, combine high ...

A power-hungry internet that requires less electricity. High-powered computers that rival NASA’s. Broadband speeds that could boggle the mind. That’s a new potential reality, according to Scandinavian ...