Bill Gates is backing a bold bet that the next leap in computing power will not come from squeezing more transistors onto silicon, but from replacing electrons with light. The startup Neurophos is ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics. These include photonic and quantum systems that could advance imaging, ...

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Twenty years ago, a Duke University professor, David R. Smith, used artificial composite materials called “metamaterials” to make a real-life invisibility cloak. While this cloak didn’t really work ...

For decades, optical inspection has been the primary method for process control in fabs. However, the move to multi-level ...

Using complex experimental set-ups, the researchers study the extremely fast movements of electrons in solids with laser pulses with a high degree of temporal resolution. A nanostructure made of ...

Optoelectronics, the use of electronic devices for the detection and control of light, has become a preferred means for broadband and transoceanic communication networks. Below is a sneak peek at the ...

Researchers create a nanoscale light switch operating 10,000 times faster than electronic transistors, opening possibilities ...

A team of physicists at the University of Oldenburg has demonstrated an ultra-fast switching process that could be used in optical components in the future. The researchers developed a light switch ...

A layered transistor design combines light detection optical memory and neuromorphic processing in one unit offering compact and efficient artificial vision hardware. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Artificial ...