Capabilities: Advanced Photonics
- Advanced Photonics integrates key elements such as optical waveguides, optical switches, optical modulators, and photodetectors onto silicon substrates to form photonic integrated circuits (PICs). With the increasing demand for faster and more efficient information processing, conventional electronic circuits face significant challenges and limitations. Advanced Photonics has emerged as a critical technology, offering advantages such as higher processing speeds and lower energy consumption. Additionally, it leverages established semiconductor foundry processes for fabrication, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- The demand for next-generation Advanced Photonics products spans diverse applications, including long-haul and data centre communications, microwave photonics, photonic computing, and quantum technologies. These applications feature energy-efficient optical transceivers, integrated photonic microwave synthesizers, etc. In the automotive sector, Advanced Photonics is driving innovations in LiDAR systems. Furthermore, its ability to utilize light for detection and imaging enables applications in bio-photonics, life sciences, and medical technologies.
Conceptual schematic of optical transceiver