News tagged with optical process


Green light from Silicon

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery that the material at the heart of the microelectronics industry can emit green light.





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Tailoring the optical dipole force for use on molecules

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been working with dipole fields for quite some time," Peter Barker tells PhysOrg.com. "However, most of the work is focused on very small particles, like atoms, or on larger particles, such a ...


Time Lens

Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Cornell University have developed a device called a "time lens" which is a silicon device for speeding up optical data. The basic components of this device are an optical-fiber ...


Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis

Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest ...


New Research Promises Better Atomic Clocks

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most accurate timekeepers in the world are atomic clocks, which tell time based on the absorption of a very specific and unchanging microwave frequency, which induces electrons in an atom to “jump” from ...


Running electronics using light

Running electronics using light

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "If you open up almost any electronic gadget, you will see various elements that operating using electric circuitries," Nader Engheta tells PhysOrg.com. "Many of them have different functi ...


Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices

Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers the world over have thought for years that the next generation of smaller, more-efficient electronic and photonic devices could be based on the use of carbon nanotubes, ...


Fabricating 3D Photonic Crystals

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- “In photonic crystals, the ability to control the structure of a material in full three dimensional space, allows you to control the way that light flows through it,” John Rogers tells PhysOrg.com. “This ...


USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written ...


Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth

Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious method to time-compress optical signals. The process could enable optical communication systems to carry many more bits per second or could also be used to generate ...


Capturing images in non-traditional way may benefit AF

Capturing images in non-traditional way may benefit AF

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research in imaging may lead to advancements for the Air Force in data encryption and wide-area photography with high resolution.



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