... Photonics and is currently available online.
"There has been a lot of interest in scaling down optical devices," Zhang said. "It's the holy grail for the future of communications."
Not only would ...
... on silk-based optics and is actively exploring commercialization opportunities.
"Sophisticated optical devices that are mechanically robust yet fully biodegradable, biocompatible and implantable don' ...
Scientists have demonstrated that it is possible to design biologically active, biodegradable optical devices -- made from silk and requiring no refrigeration -- with many applications in medicine, ...
... chains as building blocks for novel optoelectronic and optical devices, which would operate at higher frequencies ... years. Just as light travels through optical fibers, surface plasmons propagate along ...
... So, general relativity may find practical use in a number of novel optical devices based on transformation optics."
The metamaterials also may enable engineers to overcome obstacles now confronting ...
... planets around nearby stars, among many other things. In essence, astrophotonics will allow optical fibers and photonic devices to carry and process the light from the stars and galaxies that surround ...
... of a terahertz (THz) beam 30 times faster and with far greater precision than a conventional optical device, the researchers report in the current online edition of the journal Nature Photonics.
The ...
... report engineering a solid-state metamaterial device capable of controlling a terahertz beam 30 times faster than a conventional optical device. The device could prove critical to new applications ...
... of refraction.
Researchers have combined metamaterials with artificial optical devices – also known as transformational optics – to demonstrate the "invisibility cloak" effect, essentially directing ...
... technological advances.
Park's research may contribute to the discovery of new electronic and optical devices that will revolutionize electrical engineering and bioengineering as well as physical ...
... Science, report on the use of graphene as a transparent conductive coating for electro-optical devices – and show that its high transparency and low resistivity make it ideal for electrodes in liquid ...
... , for instance, such flaws could cause current to leak and voltage to fluctuate. In optic devices, they could interfere with the transmission of light. In biological devices, they could impede the ...
Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the ...
... can perform millions of computations at a time and store immense quantities of data or for use in emerging optic devices or spintronics.
"Spin is another dimension of electrons," said Hailin Wang, a ...
... acoustic waves also has been proposed for use in imaging of quantum dot nanostructures used in myriad optical devices, possibly including solar cells in the future," Reed said. "The technology is not ...
