News articles tagged with 'photonic'
Nanorods developed in UC Riverside lab could greatly improve visual display of information
— 14 Mar 2011 20:06 | TechnologyChemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that…
New generation of optical integrated devices for future quantum computers
— 2 Mar 2011 13:10 | TechnologyA research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol has demonstrated the quantum operation of new components that will enable compact circuits for future photonic quantum…
Development team achieves 1 terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip
— 1 Mar 2011 18:45 | TechnologyWith worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities…
Capasso lab demonstrates highly unidirectional 'whispering gallery' microlasers
— 14 Dec 2010 20:21 | TechnologyUtilising a century-old phenomenon discovered in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, applied scientists at Harvard University have demonstrated, for the first time, highly collimated unidirectional…
Sandia Labs reports first monolithic terahertz solid-state transceiver
— 30 Jun 2010 12:12 | TechnologySandia National Laboratories researchers have taken the first steps toward reducing the size and enhancing the functionality of devices in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum…
Researchers discover why atoms in solids show a preference for certain structures
— 31 Mar 2010 10:46 | PhysicsThe process involved here sounds unwieldy, but is, in fact, quite simple: a material has a 6-fold rotation symmetry if the arrangement of its atoms remains unchanged when it is rotated…
New photonic material may facilitate all-optical switching and computing
— 24 Feb 2010 13:32 | TechnologyA class of molecules whose size, structure and chemical composition have been optimised for photonic use could provide the demanding combination of properties needed to serve as the…
University of Toronto physicists lay the groundwork for cooler, faster computing
— 15 Dec 2009 14:07 | TechnologyUniversity of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information…
Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects
— 18 Nov 2009 12:20 | TechnologyWith a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometres. That's enough…
Manipulation of photons at crystal surface
— 15 Jul 2009 17:00 | PhysicsIn the most recent (16 July) issue of Nature Japanese researchers reveal manipulation of photons at the surface of photonic crystals, an important step towards realising novel optical…