Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are microchips that integrate multiple optical components, such as lasers, modulators, waveguides, and photodetectors, onto a single semiconductor substrate to generate, manipulate, and detect light. Similar to electronic integrated circuits that process electrical signals, PICs process optical signals and are widely used in fiber optic communications, sensing, and signal processing. By integrating many photonic functions onto one chip, PICs improve performance, reduce size and power consumption, and enable high-speed data transmission in modern optical networks and data centers.
NEC Laboratories America’s Optical Networking & Sensing team will participate in OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, March 15–19, contributing to panels, workshops, and courses focused on optical sensing, multicore fibers, and next-generation high-capacity optical communication systems.
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