News tagged with optical performance
Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...
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Researchers demonstrate a new type of optical tweezer
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in integrated ...
Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2008 |
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An international science team from Penn State University in the United States and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside ...
Japanese government plans powerful information-gathering satellite
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Aiming to drastically beef up the performance of the nation's intelligence satellites, the government of Japan will embark on a research and development program in fiscal year 2009 to develop an optical information-gathering ...
Silicon Photonics Advancement Aims to Accelerate Future Computing, Communications
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs ...
NRL scientist receives patent for rugged-lightweight spectrometer assembly
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Science Division scientist, Dr. Christoph R. Englert, is awarded patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a more cost effective, rugged and lightweight ...
IMEC reports method to integrate plasmonic technology with state-of-the-art ICs
Apr 30, 2009 |
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IMEC reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that ...
EPIC: Building the Perfect Chip
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Three years ago a team from Bell Labs took on a very daunting challenge – put an optical networking system on a commercially manufactured silicon chip, load it with a smorgasbord of sophisticated opto-electronic devices in ...
Light speed communications for supercomputers
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The performance of tomorrow’s supercomputers will be dictated by their ability to exchange large volumes of data instantly between the hundreds of thousands of processors of which they are built.
Discovery cuts cost of next generation optical fibers
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibres - a new generation of optical fibres that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications ...
Air travelers, astronomers stand to benefit from research on atmospheric turbulence
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride, often causing aircraft to drop anywhere from ...
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