e/Silicon photonics

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has gloss	eng: Silicon photonics is the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micron precision, into microphotonic components.
lexicalization	eng: Silicon photonics
instance of	(noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors Si, silicon, atomic number 14