The arrows indicate the direction in which the light travels, and the size of the cylinder indicates the intensity of the light. The intensity of light transmitted through a magnetic material (the ...

(Nanowerk News) At the heart of global internet connectivity, optical communications form an indispensable foundation. Key to this foundation are optical isolators, created by combining multiple ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technologyrecently demonstrated a thinfilmoptical diode that designers canintegrate onto a silicon photonic chip alongwith lasers and waveguides. This task ...

(Phys.org) -- Light-emitting diodes at infrared wavelengths are the magic behind such things as night vision and optical communications, including the streaming data that comes through Netflix.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have created a new type of optical device small enough to fit millions on a computer chip that could lead to faster, more powerful information processing and ...

To address these challenges, Nuvoton Technology has introduced a compact violet laser diode delivering 1.7 W optical output ...

High-power laser diodes have become an essential component in applications ranging from industrial processing to medical diagnostics and telecommunications. As these devices operate at elevated power ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will begin shipping samples of its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of ...

Once a month or so, I have the privilege of sitting down with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams to record the Hackaday Podcast. It’s a lot of fun spending a couple of hours geeking out together, and we ...

A research group has discovered significant nonreciprocal optical absorption of LiNiPO4, referred to as the optical diode effect, in which divalent nickel (Ni2+) ions are responsible for magnetism, by ...