News tagged with optical waveguides

Engineers at Yale develop new type of mechanical memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research engineers at Yale University have succeeded in building a mechanical memory switch that is controlled and then read by lasers. In their paper published in Nature Nanotechnology, the te ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

'Microring' device could aid in future optical technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering 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 nanometers.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission

(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 ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 7 weblog

Silk-based optical waveguides meet biomedical needs

There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications - from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Using light to move and trap DNA molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3