The field of integrated photonics has increased in importance significantly in the past decade. Where trends like rising data rates and traffic are increasingly limiting the performance of conventional copper interconnects, photonics and integrated photonics have become crucial to networking infrastructure.
Intel has invested heavily in photonics through its Intel Labs. With that in mind, it recently has been met with an industry first in integrated photonics thanks to the demonstration of a tightly controlled, highly integrated, eight-wavelength laser.
