The beginning of photonics – invention of laser and later development of fiber lasers formed the basis for the telecommunications revolution of the late 20th century and provided the infrastructure for the Internet.

Broadband communication technologies enabled by these discoveries significantly reduce carbon emission, and enable most of the services used within our homes, from education to work, from government to health, from entertainment to security. We will soon live in a world in which everything that could be connected will be connected. As well as connecting homes, broadband technologies will also connect businesses, equipments and infrastructures for research and production, opening up new commercial opportunities and enabling different ways of living. All these solutions use photonic systems and technologies, because they are the only possible way to sufficiently reduce energy consumption, whilst still providing the high levels of performance demanded. Photonics is the enabling technology for all wireless and wired broadband technologies.

Efficient production of photonic systems and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is a major orientation nowadays in photonics field as well. Significantly more bandwidth is required for next generation applications in computing and storage, in communication infrastructure, and in the access market. Photonic integration is playing a key role in reducing cost, space and power consumption, and improving flexibility and reliability.

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