News tagged with photonic devices
In brief: A tiny, tunable well of light, and a string theorist's toolbox
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Promising photonic devices, and theorists attempt to determine whether particle physics and string theory can be reconciled.
Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(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, ...
Nanocomposite material provides photonic switching
Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Integrated photonic devices represent the wave of future technology. These devices will be extremely small, making use of photons on the nanoscale, and (hopefully) be very efficient in terms of power use. ...
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Fabricating 3D Photonic Crystals
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Nonlinearities could be strengthened by photonic crystals
Jul 10, 2007 |
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Typically, photons can pass by one another unchanged. However, a number of important scientific and technological applications can be enabled by using matter as a medium for photons to talk with one another. The problem? ...
From opals to optical chips
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Materials known as photonic crystals could form the building blocks of future optical computers and micro-scale communications devices. Scientists have developed a low-cost and versatile way to make photonic ...
Researchers present new solution for miniaturized organic lasers
Nov 19, 2007 |
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AMO GmbH, Aachen and IBM Research GmbH, Rüschlikon were able to realize and characterize optimized photonic feedback structures for miniaturized organic lasers.
Scientists advance photonic technology
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Mar 23, 2006 |
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Scientists at Denmark's Aalborg University have created a family of devices for guiding and processing light in chip-based information technology.
Researchers bend light through waveguides in colloidal crystals
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals. Applications for the optically ...
Precise Alignment to Quantum Dots
May 12, 2008 |
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“Precise lithographic alignment to site-controlled quantum dots is of major importance for numerous nano-photonic, nano-electronic and nano-spintronic devices,” Sven Höfling tells PhysOrg.com.
Butterfly wings may help scientists better understand photonic crystals
Sep 04, 2008 |
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As technology moves forward, many scientists are looking to nature to find inspiration for the development of advanced materials that can have a variety of practical applications.
Team develops tiny optical switch
Dec 20, 2007 |
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A team of researchers at the University of St. Andrews has developed one of the smallest optical switches ever made.
Laser-sculpted optical devices for future giant telescopes
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Future telescopes, with mirrors half the size of a football field, will need special components to deal with the light they collect. Astronomers are turning to photonic devices that guide and manipulate light inside specially-designed ...
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