Light-based computing, sensing, and communication.
The V131 research project
Explore how light can carry information, measure the world, and support computation. Milkyway Center brings together laboratory tests, engineering designs, and theoretical research.
New to the project?
Start with the evidence. The ISCC results explain what the sensing and communication bench has demonstrated and what still needs testing. The photonic chip page introduces the hardware design.
Looking for a collaboration? Visit licensing and contact to discuss research or commercial use.
Sensing + communication + control
One signal. More than one job.
Real hardware tests demonstrated ISAC: Integrated Sensing and Communication, with information and distance recovered from the same incoming optical stream under indoor laboratory conditions. The broader ISCC project adds Control, which is a separate stage of the research.
See the measurements, test conditions, and remaining work →
Published ISAC report: Read and cite the report on Zenodo · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22904657
Choose a research topic
Each page starts with an overview, followed by technical detail and supporting results.
ISAC results within ISCC
Bench measurements, communication reliability, and range estimation from a shared signal.
The photonic chip
The silicon photonics architecture, verification work, and clearly labelled performance projections.
Photonic cipher validation
Recorded fiber-link tests, latency measurements, and responses to spoofing attempts.
Knowing when to abstain
How the protocol checks signal quality and withholds a decision when its criteria are not met.
Photonic computation
The proposed computation and readout approach, its hardware basis, and its limits.
The Physics-AI world model
GPU measurements, model-based control, and checks on the reliability of model predictions.
Cosmology
A speculative framework for black-hole cores, dark energy, dark matter, and neutrinos, with testable predictions and stated limitations.
Information dynamics
The concepts behind V131 and the proposed connections between information and physical systems.
Design comparisons
The project’s comparisons between physical-invariant methods and statistical approaches.
Licensing and collaboration
Options for research groups, industrial projects, and institutional partners.
How to read the results
Measured refers to a recorded test under stated conditions. Simulation describes a software experiment. Projection describes an expected performance or proposed application. These are different levels of evidence; read the conditions alongside each number.