Photonics
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ScienceBy exploiting the difference between the speed of two different beams of colored light when traveling through a heated crystalline disk, University of Adelaide researchers claim to have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer – with an accuracy of 30 billionths of a degree.
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ScienceScientists have recently experimented with a combination of biological and photonic quantum mechanical states to form a new half-light half-matter particle called the “polariton.” It could help realize fully synthetic systems that replicate biological photosynthesis.
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A team of international researchers has developed artificial crystals with unique optical properties that could lead to advances in quantum computing and telecommunications. Their inspiration? The glorious green wings of the Callophyrs Rubi butterfly.
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ScienceWhat do electronic signatures, fingerprint scans and touch-sensitive robot skin have in common? All three technologies may soon be advancing, thanks to a new system that turns an array of zinc oxide nanowires into tiny LEDs.
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Nanoscribe GmbH, a spin-off of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has built the world’s fastest 3D printer of micro- and nanostructures.
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ScienceA team led by the University of St. Andrews has turned a laser into a tractor beam that works on the microscopic level.
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IBM has announced a key advance in its silicon nanophotonics technology, which integrates optical and electrical circuits side-by-side on the same chip.
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ScienceStanford researchers succeed in making an effective magnetic field that controls light.
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By using twisted beams of light, researchers have achieved data transmission speeds of up to 2.56 terabits per second.
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ScienceResearchers have designed coupled lasers that act as general-purpose optical logic gates.
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ScienceNASA engineers have developed a nanotech-based coating that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it.
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HyperSolar intends to produce a thin, flat, clear solar concentrator, that could boost the amount of sunlight reaching solar cells by up to 400 percent.
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