What is Integrated Photonics? How will Integrated Photonics impact us? In a new video, AIM Photonics shows the many ways integrated photonics will improve and change our lives in the 21st century.
AIM Photonics Powering the 21st Century with Integrated Photonics
Integrated Photonics, the use of light for applications traditionally addressed through electronics, is finding use in a wide range of areas including: telecommunications, laser based radar, data communications, sensing, and many others. Integrated photonics dramatically improves on the performance and reliability of electronic integrated circuits while significantly reducing size, weight, and power consumption.
Developing a widely accepted set of processes and protocols for the design, manufacture, and integration of photonics systems will not only advance this technology in the United States, but also present a tremendous economic opportunity, with the overall global market estimated to grow to in excess of $795 billion by 2022. Integrated photonics will enable the advancement of the aforementioned applications, as well as others, in the 21st century in the same manner that semiconductor microchips fostered the revolution in computing over the past 40 years.