$LWLG Related: Polymer Photonics can be used with
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There is big gap in timing and technology requirements between Google and Facebook and the photonics technology community.. Latter is caught up in their current paradigm of Inp and Silicon: too slow, too expensive, too much energy consumption.
Lebby used slides from Google and Facebook.
Both companies are prepared to change technology if this offers the opportunity to address their current needs 400 Gig and eventually 800 Gig and 10pV/bit and $1/gig.