MIT's FUTUR-IC program achieves breakthroughs in electronics-photonics integration for faster, more efficient data transmission
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Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory
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MIT's FUTUR-IC research program, established in 2022, is advancing microsystems that integrate electronics and photonics to enable greater bandwidth and more energy-efficient data transmission. Key breakthroughs include devices that allow seamless integration of electronic data manipulation with photonic light-based processing, with the added benefit of cost-effective manufacturing using standard semiconductor processes.
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An MIT-led research program aimed at creating future microsystems capable of sustainably transmitting data with greater bandwidth and higher efficiency than is possible today has made several significant advances since it was established in 2022.
These include the invention of devices within systems that can much more easily integrate electronics — manipulating data with electricity — with photonics, which does the same with light.
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