Lithium niobate electro-optic digital-to-analog converter uses 1 fluid step in fiber-optic networks' photonic computing and signal processing

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1095497

"interferometer design, potential fabrication using existing silicon-based technologies... conversion/ electro-optic modulation not: complex/ multi-tiered/ energy-intensive... conversion rates up to 186 Gbps, order magnitude faster... in wireless or radar communications can be combined with microwave photodetection converted into radio frequency signals... parallel processing in optical computers, AI"

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