News tagged with indium arsenide

NTT researchers develop breakthrough optical memory device

(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve transmission speeds, the Internet has transitioned over the years from one using copper to fiber optic cabling. Unfortunately, this has caused a bottleneck to occur where the light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Mn-doped ZnS is unsuitable to act as a dilute magnetic semiconductor

Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) have recently been a major focus of magnetic semiconductor research. A laboratory from the University of Science and Technology of China explored the feasibility of doping ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using nanophotonics to reshape on-chip computer data transmission

A team at Stanford's School of Engineering has demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode (LED) that is orders of magnitude lower in power consumption than today's laser-based systems and able ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop quantum membranes -- a new class of 2D semiconductor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working out of the University of California, Berkeley, has developed an entirely new class of two-dimensional semiconductor made of indium arsenide. Called quantum membranes, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Nanowires could be solution for high performance solar cells

Tiny wires could help engineers realize high-performance solar cells and other electronics, according to University of Illinois researchers.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Detector blinding attacks on quantum cryptography defeated

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Research Europe announced today that it has discovered a simple method to prevent detector blinding attacks on quantum cryptography.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrathin alternative to silicon for future electronics

There's good news in the search for the next generation of semiconductors. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Danish nanowires have great potential

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency (for non-concentrator solar cells) of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 11