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New polymer materials make fabricating optical interconnects easier
Optics

New polymer materials make fabricating optical interconnects easier

Researchers have developed new polymer materials that are ideal for making the optical links necessary to connect chip-based photonic components with board-level circuits or …

Apr 14, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Researchers generate high-quality quantum light with modular waveguide device
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Researchers generate high-quality quantum light with modular waveguide device

Researchers have successfully generated strongly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source. By combining a waveguide optical parametric amplifier (OPA) module created for …

Apr 13, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Electron lens formed by light: A new method for atomic-resolution electron microscopes
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Electron lens formed by light: A new method for atomic-resolution electron microscopes

Researchers have proposed a new method to form an electron lens that will help reduce installation costs for electron microscopes with atomic resolution, proliferating …

Apr 11, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Researchers develop glass-in-glass fabrication approach for making miniature IR optics
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Researchers develop glass-in-glass fabrication approach for making miniature IR optics

Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. …

Apr 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Engineering the quantum states in solids using light
Optics

Engineering the quantum states in solids using light

A research team has developed a platform that can control the properties of solid materials with light and measure them.

Mar 30, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How eye imaging technology could help robots and cars see better
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How eye imaging technology could help robots and cars see better

Using lessons learned from the eye-imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT), engineers have demonstrated a LiDAR system that is fast and accurate enough to …

Mar 30, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics
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Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics

Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster - but at some point, physics no longer permits any increase. The speed can definitely not be …

Mar 26, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Physicists create extremely compressible 'gas of light'
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Physicists create extremely compressible 'gas of light'

Researchers have created a gas of light particles that can be extremely compressed. Their results confirm the predictions of central theories of quantum physics. …

Mar 25, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors?
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Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors?

A research team reported the direct measurement of dielectric tensors of anisotropic structures including the spatial variations of principal refractive indices and directors. The …

Mar 23, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Novel quantum sensing possibilities with nonlinear optics
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Novel quantum sensing possibilities with nonlinear optics

Researchers used the nonlinear optical response of atom-like defects in a diamond to build a tiny thermometer. This research may lead to temperature sensors …

Mar 23, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Turning any camera into a polarization camera
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Turning any camera into a polarization camera

Researchers have developed a metasurface attachment that can turn just about any camera or imaging system, even off-the-shelf systems, into polarization cameras. The attachment …

Mar 18, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Stackable 'holobricks' can make giant 3D images
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Stackable 'holobricks' can make giant 3D images

Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using 'holobricks' that can be stacked together to generate large-scale holograms.

Mar 17, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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