Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to help produce more reliable and robust next generation photonic chips. <br><br>Photonic chips made from silicon will play a major role in future optical networks for worldwide data traffic. The high refractive index of silicon makes optical structures the size of a fraction of the diameter of a human hair possible. Squeezing more and more optical structures for light distribution, modulation, detection and routing into smaller chip areas allows for higher data rates at lower fabrication costs.<br><br><a href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2014/nov/14_208.shtml#.VGu9m_nF_Bs">READ MORE ON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON</a><br><br>Ref: Roman Bruck, Ben Mills, Benedetto Troia, David J. Thomson, Frederic Y. Gardes, Youfang Hu, Goran Z. Mashanovich, Vittorio M. N. Passaro, Graham T. Reed, Otto L. Muskens. Device-level characterization of the flow of light in integrated photonic circuits using ultrafast photomodulation spectroscopy. Nature Photonics, 2014; DOI: <a href="http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphoton.2014.274.html">10.1038/nphoton.2014.274</a>
