Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Photonics Group
Led by Volker Sorger · Electrical and Computer Engineering
What we study
The Photonics Group studies photonic technologies for next-generation computing and AI hardware, focusing on energy-efficient semiconductor chips and photonic memory. They develop advanced packaging and brain-inspired design concepts for AI accelerators.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Building & testing
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Photonic Technologies for the 21st Century
Developing technologies for next-generation semiconductors and chip technology.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- In-substrate Nano-mirror Coupler and Hollow-core Vertical Waveguides for High-density 3D Photonic Routing Fabrics
2026 · Journal of Lightwave Technology
Develops low-loss optical interconnects for high-density 3D photonic routing fabrics.
- The Future of Heterogeneous Integration
2026 · IEEE Micro
Describes a program to develop advanced electronic systems using 3D integration and photonics.
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- Flexible Error Modeling and Analysis of SiPho JTC Accelerators for CNNs
2026 · ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
Models errors in silicon-photonic accelerators for AI to improve their performance.
- MoS 2 based 2D material photodetector array with high pixel density
2025 · Nanophotonics
Creates dense arrays of 2D material photodetectors for high-resolution imaging.
- Near-energy-free photonic Fourier transformation for convolution operation acceleration
2025 · Advanced Photonics
Uses photonic chips to speed up AI calculations by reducing computational complexity.
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