Light Tricks: Conjuring Photons Out of Thin Air

Light tricks: Conjuring photons out of thin air

Photons squeezed out of empty space might illuminate the dark energy that permeates the universe

Vodafone, University of Malaga team on photonic chips

Vodafone and the University of Malaga joined forces to develop a new generation of mobile signal technology using photonic computer chips, designed to improve network performance and energy efficiency across future 5G-Advanced and 6G infrastructure. The collaboration is focussed on developing silicon chips based on microwave photonics, which uses light rather than electricity to process and control mobile signals. To this end, engineers at Vodaf…

Vodafone UK Tests Photonic Processor to Boost Mobile Network Signals

Mobile operator Vodafone is working with the Photonics and Radiofrequency Research Lab at the University of Málaga (Spain) to develop a new computer chip design, which can help to direct a wireless mobile signal straight to a user’s smartphone using microwave photonics (i.e. optical beamforming to process, steer, and precisely focus mobile traffic). At present, most mobile networks work by sending their signals to devices (Smartphones etc.) over…