... harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of particular interest because of their ability ... a new method for fabricating silk-based optical waveguides that are biocompatible, biodegradable and can be readily functionalized ...
... a new way to make silk-based optical waveguides that are biocompatible, biodegradable and readily functionalized with active molecules. This opens up opportunities in biologically based ...
... embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors. With this technique, it becomes possible to make foils that sense changes ...
... line, researchers have created hair-thin optical waveguides inside a material. "The majority of the past ... out tiny mirror surfaces that can be substituted for sharp waveguide bends. The team plans to continue their research ...
... . Many photonic components – such as modulators, detectors, switches, and waveguides – can be fashioned from silicon, but the light source itself ... tweezers (OET). The lasers are held in place over optical waveguides defined in silicon by an applied voltage ...
... of silicon (250 nanometers thick) that serves as an optical waveguide in which light is confined in the vertical dimension but free to propagate in the other two dimensions. A carefully designed ...
... is a far simpler device based on a "tapered optical waveguide," said Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University ... and Computer Engineering. Waveguides represent established technology - including fiber optics - used in communications and other commercial ...
... innovation from Schmidt's lab: a hollow-core optical waveguide that can direct a beam of light through a liquid-filled channel on a chip. To trap particles ...
... , the researchers will have to incorporate them in a solid phase for use in optical waveguides – and address a long list of other challenges. "We have developed high-performing materials by starting with optimized ...
... in functional devices such as memory storage devices or optical waveguides, it is important to achieve control of their structure. According to the researchers' observations, the self-organization of nanoparticles is an efficient ...
... in a rubidium vapor inside a hollow-core optical waveguide that is built into a silicon chip using standard ... laser modifies the optical properties of the rubidium vapor in the hollow-core waveguide. Under the combined ...
... announced that it has been able to halve the power consumption of an optical waveguide switch based on silicon photonics through the world's first use of fine-patterned silicon ...
... the first true nanoscale waveguides for next generation on-chip optical communication systems. "We have directly ... titled "Experimental Demonstration of Low-Loss Optical Waveguiding at Deep Sub-wavelength Scales ...
... research team developed a metallic-silicon optical waveguide system to channel light so ... the NSOM to an "optical stethoscope" enabling the team to see light trapped inside the waveguide device ...
