Moon to Earth: Western Australia to host space communications station
An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be built in Western Australia.
An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be built in Western Australia.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2020
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Carnegie Mellon University's Maysam Chamanzar and his team have invented an optical platform that will likely become the new standard in optical biointerfaces. He's labeled this new field of optical technology "Parylene photonics," ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 22, 2020
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Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for integrated circuits. The approach, reported ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 16, 2020
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Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical, and optical properties have made graphene one of the most studied materials at the moment. For many applications in electronics ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 8, 2020
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Researchers have shown that a detection technology borrowed from quantum optics can be used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) with much lower light power than previously possible. This could greatly improve the ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2020
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Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems to their physical limit, which has created a bottleneck. Maintaining this ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2020
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Innovative technologies are the key to tackling some of society's key challenges—and many of these technologies have an optical system at their core. Examples include semiconductor lithography systems designed to create ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 2, 2020
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Army researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.
Quantum Physics
May 1, 2020
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A paper published in Advanced Photonics "Enhanced light–matter interactions in dielectric nanostructures via machine-learning approach," suggests that machine-learning techniques can be used to enhance metasurfaces, optimizing ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 30, 2020
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Imagine shrinking a microscope, integrating it with a chip and using it to observe inside living cells in real time. Wouldn't it be great if this tiny microscope could also be incorporated into electronic gadgets, in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 25, 2020
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