silicon photonics
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The technology discipline related to production of optical switching electronic devices using integrated circuit manufacturing technology
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Here's a better way: replace the copper with optical fiber and the electrons with photons. That's the promise of silicon photonics: affordable optical communications for everything. It will let manufacturers build optical components using the same semiconductor equipment and methods they use now for ordinary integrated circuits, thereby dramatically lowering the cost of photonics."