High-performance programmable photonic chip in a thin-film lithium niobate platform could transform radar and communication

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-high-programmable-photonic-chip-radar.html

"scalable, smaller, faster, more efficient, seamless integration of electro-optic modulators, signal processors... flexible chip processes radio/ light signals... anti-jammer rejects strong interference while preserving weak information-carrying signals, not limited by spectral resolution( ability to separate signals very close together in frequency) so effective against jamming signals with frequencies close to communication signal. This capability is crucial for radar and 6G networks, where traditional filters struggle with dense interference"