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Fast, low-power, all-optical switchCollege Park MD (SPX) May 07, 2012 An optical switch developed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) spurs the prospective integration of photonics and electronics. What, isn't electronics good enough? Well, nothing travels faster than light, and in the effort to speed up the processing and transmission of information, the combined use of light parcels (photons) along with electricity parcels (electrons) is desirable for developing a workable opto-electronic protocol. The JQI (*) switch can steer a beam of light from one direction t ... read more |
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