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Silicon photonics meets the foundry

posted September 8, 2015 at 4:00 pm

A researcher displays chips that integrate germanium lasers. In 2010, Lionel Kimerling and his colleagues demonstrated the first such lasers that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication and operate at room temperature. Photo: MIT Microphotonics Center

Lionel Kimerling, Rajeev Ram, and other MIT researchers explore practical ways to bring optical interconnection toward and directly onto chips. « more »

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Silicon photonics meets the foundry (MIT News)

Professor Rajeev J. Ram