WEBINAR
Breaking Nonlinear Photonics' One Device, One Function Paradigm
May 27, 2026
3:00 PM UTC
1 hour
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In a world first, scientists with NTT Research, Cornell University and Stanford University developed a programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide capable of switching between multiple nonlinear-optical functions on a single chip. In doing so, the research team broke the longstanding "one device, one function paradigm," which dictates that nonlinear optical device functions are permanently fixed during fabrication.
In a world first, scientists with NTT Research, Cornell University and Stanford University developed a programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide capable of switching between multiple nonlinear-optical functions on a single chip. In doing so, the research team broke the longstanding "one device, one function paradigm," which dictates that nonlinear optical device functions are permanently fixed during fabrication.
In this webinar, Dr. Ryotatsu Yanagimoto, a scientist with NTT Research, explains how he and his research team developed a device using a silicon nitride core whose nonlinearity can be dynamically modified using structured light patterns.
Yanagimoto also explores how these devices built on nonlinear optics will overcome several obstacles currently faced by the photonics industry and how these devices will be applied to several real-world applications, including quantum information processing, light sources, communications and optical computations.
Speaker:
Dr. Ryotatsu Yanagimoto
Scientist
NTT Research
In a world first, scientists with NTT Research, Cornell University and Stanford University developed a programmable nonlinear photonic waveguide capable of switching between multiple nonlinear-optical functions on a single chip. In doing so, the research team broke the longstanding "one device, one function paradigm," which dictates that nonlinear optical device functions are permanently fixed during fabrication.
In this webinar, Dr. Ryotatsu Yanagimoto, a scientist with NTT Research, explains how he and his research team developed a device using a silicon nitride core whose nonlinearity can be dynamically modified using structured light patterns.
Yanagimoto also explores how these devices built on nonlinear optics will overcome several obstacles currently faced by the photonics industry and how these devices will be applied to several real-world applications, including quantum information processing, light sources, communications and optical computations.