"Light Slowed to Enhance Microchips, Chinese Scientists Report"

Chinese scientists from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology have developed a method to slow down light on a microchip by over 10,000 times, improving the performance of photonic chips used in light sensing, communications, and computing. By reducing energy loss and utilizing materials with low absorption, the team was able to manipulate the speed of light, enhancing the interaction distance for light and potentially reducing manufacturing costs for photonic chips.