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Low temperature physics has helped us produce exotic quantum materials such as superconductors. This usually requires cryogenic fluids such as liquid nitrogen and helium for operation. Recently cooling ...

Silicon photonics is the technology of using optical processing components made of silicon itself, rather than other materials. Electronic interconnects with copper contribute to high power consumption and ...

Light travels at the speed of around 186,000 miles per second. This tremendous speed has enabled us to use light for telecommunication systems with low losses. Engineers are constantly driven to develop ...

Crystals are periodic structures in space. They are used in the electronics industry to control and manipulate electrons. These structures create energy gaps by allowing only electrons with certain ...

How research in photodynamic therapy may lead to new treatments of deadly diseases like cancer. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is most often associated with asbestos exposure.  Despite efforts of ...

Organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, have been around for a while, but recent innovations and events have really brought them into the mainstream.  To many, the recent adoption of OLED displays for ...

If you’ve been in the market for new high-end TV lately, you may have run into what Samsung has coined as the QLED line of displays.  Display manufacturers tout this “state-of-the-art” display technology a ...

Previously, we discussed a technique for producing high resolution maps of neural activity in the brain called Optical Recording of Intrinsic Signal, or ORIS.  Conventional methods for performing ORIS ...

Researchers at the University of Washington in collaboration with ETH-Zurich, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Purdue University, have created an extremely compact plasmonic electro-optic modulator ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University look to optimize the performance of passively Q-switched lasers by confronting effects of thermal distortion. Their solution, a customized deformable mirror, proves to be ...