Silicon photonics

Silicon photonics - the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. Article “Silicon photonics” in English Wikipedia has 79.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 126 references and 17 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Silicon photonics” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Silicon photonics”, its content was written by 72 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 102 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 74 times in English Wikipedia and cited 96 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #49531 in March 2019
• Global: #135655 in December 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #164405 in October 2011
• Global: #280167 in October 2011

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		79.14
2	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		46.8082
3	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		34.3424
4	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		32.0527
5	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		25.9267
6	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		11.4944

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Silicon photonics" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		571 703
2	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		57 489
3	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		6 190
4	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		3 036
5	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		209
6	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Silicon photonics" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		2 694
2	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		445
3	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		25
4	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		24
5	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		7
6	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Silicon photonics" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		72
2	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		14
3	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		8
4	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		6
5	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		2
6	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Silicon photonics" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		1
2	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		0
3	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		0
4	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		0
5	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		0
6	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Silicon photonics" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Silicon photonics		74
2	Japanese (ja) シリコンフォトニクス		8
3	Italian (it) Fotonica del silicio		6
4	Persian (fa) سیلیکون فوتونیک		3
5	Chinese (zh) 矽光子學		3
6	Catalan (ca) Fotònica del silici		2

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Fotònica del silici
en	English Silicon photonics
fa	Persian سیلیکون فوتونیک
it	Italian Fotonica del silicio
ja	Japanese シリコンフォトニクス
zh	Chinese 矽光子學

Best Rank

English: #164405 10.2011

Global: #280167 10.2011

Best Rank

English: #49531 03.2019

Global: #135655 12.2016

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