The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved the world's fastest optical communications speed for data centres by reaching 240 G bit/s over 2km, 24 times of the existing speed available in the market. Compared ...
Telecom
Apr 7, 2016
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Light and electrons interact in a complex dance within fiber optic devices. A new study by University of Illinois engineers found that in the transistor laser, a device for next-generation high-speed computing, the light ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 9, 2016
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If you're reading this, you probably have a fast Internet connection. In fact, there are better than even odds that you have a reasonably fast Internet connection on your cell phone.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 9, 2016
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Scientists have opened a door to faster, cheaper telecommunications after proving a new link between silicon chips and 'rare-earth' metals used in internet signalling.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 26, 2016
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Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed Freeze-Ray, an optical disc-based data archive system in collaboration with Facebook. By collaborating with Facebook, Panasonic was able to design Freeze-Ray to ...
Hardware
Jan 13, 2016
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Using only processes found in existing microchip fabrication facilities, researchers at MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Colorado have produced a working optoelectronic microprocessor, ...
Engineering
Dec 28, 2015
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Optics, a form of data transmission that utilizes beams of light, has the promise to outperform the beams of electrons that drive your computer or smartphone. Engineers have long sought a way to miniaturize optical technology, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2015
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Ever wonder why stars seem to twinkle? This effect is caused by variations in the density of our atmosphere that cause blurring in light coming from space. It's pretty for stargazing, but a challenge for space-to-ground communications.
Space Exploration
May 15, 2015
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As the leading edge of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope is at the forefront of the big data challenges facing radio astronomy, presenting and solving issues that ...
Astronomy
Apr 21, 2015
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In Hollywood blockbusters, explosions are often among the stars of the show. In space, explosions of actual stars are a focus for scientists who hope to better understand their births, lives, and deaths and how they interact ...
Astronomy
Mar 16, 2015
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