(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light — photons — on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards long-sought-after ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new so-called "photochromic" material that changes color thousands of times faster than conventional materials when exposed to light.
Materials Science
Apr 23, 2009
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(AP) -- Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this week, knocking ...
Telecom
Apr 11, 2009
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Tiny disk-shaped lasers as small as a speck of dust could one day beam information through optical computers. Unfortunately, a perfect disk will spray light out, not as a beam, but in all directions. New theoretical results, ...
General Physics
Jan 22, 2009
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A new theory referred to as the Decrease-Radix Design is proposed. And based on this theory, the regulations of making multi-valued logic operation units are presented. The theory has laid down a solid foundation for the ...
Engineering
Jan 9, 2009
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