photonic

[foh-ton-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to processes involving photons.

Word History and Origins

Origin of photonic¹

photon + -ic

Example Sentences

The former include Broadcom, which works with Google to design its TPUs; TTM Technologies, which makes circuit boards; technology solutions company Celestica; and Lumentum Holdings, which makes optical and photonic products for the cloud and networking.

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The former include Broadcom, which works with Google to design its TPUs; TTM Technologies, which makes circuit boards; technology solutions company Celestica; and Lumentum Holdings, which makes optical and photonic products for the cloud and networking.

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"In the future, we plan to integrate this computational framework directly onto photonic chips, enabling light-based processors to perform complex AI tasks with extremely low power consumption."

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Devices that guide or control light using this mechanism may lead to faster, more energy-efficient photonic chips, since light-based circuits produce less heat than traditional electronics.

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"Such active control could help design next-generation photonic chips, ultrasensitive detectors or quantum light sources -- technologies that use light to carry and process information instead of relying on electricity," said Shengxi Huang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials science and nanoengineering at Rice and a corresponding author of the study.

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