MeitY-backed research facility to promote chips

CHENNAI: The Silicon Photonic Research Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) campus has announced its plans for the commercialisation of silicon photonics products in partnership with start-ups and to encourage silicon photonic chip manufacturing in India.

Photonics deals with the science of light waves and PICs, similar to that of electronic circuits, and has applications in optical communication, data centres, IoT, 5G/6G communication and quantum computing.