(Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time you send a text message or browse the internet, your device processes information using tiny electronic switches that flip on and off millions of times per second. But ...

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 ...

As the realm of computing continues to evolve, the integration of optical technologies has emerged as a groundbreaking frontier, presenting new paradigms for processing and information transfer.

Scientists, including an Oregon State University chemistry researcher, have taken a key step toward faster, more energy-efficient artificial intelligence, and data processing in general, with the ...

Figure 1. Ultra-high parallel optical computing integrated chip - "Liuxing-I". High-detail view of an ultra-high parallelism optical computing integrated chip – “Liuxing-I”, showcasing the packaged ...

Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. As fast as modern electronics have become, they could ...

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different optical patterns at once is extremely complicated, and remains a major ...

This optical device changes images and colors in response to different humidity levels. Under normal conditions or low humidity levels, one image (UC San Diego Triton logo) is visible. When humidity ...

Researchers at Monash University have built a single nanoscale chip that generates, steers, and electrically reads light-based signals at room temperature, combining three functions that previously ...

Chinese Scientists Use Digital Twins to Streamline AI Training on Light-Based Systems ...

Shares of Alibaba-backed Lightelligence surged in its Hong Kong debut on strong investor demand, putting the Chinese optical-computing provider's market value at $9.5 billion. Shares of the company, ...