Engineers Trap A Rainbow
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 14:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Engineers working in optical communications bear more than a passing resemblance to dreamers chasing rainbows. They may not wish literally to capture all the colors of the spectrum, but they do seek to control the rate at which light from across the spectrum moves through optical circuits. This pursuit is daunting when those circuits contain dimensions measured in nanometers. At the nanoscale, says Qiaoqiang Gan, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., engineers hoping to integrate optical structures with electronic chips face a dilemma. Read More...
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