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Silicon-Based Photonic Circuits Achieve Data Transmission Capabilities Sufficient for Next-Generation Devices

Microelectronic devices such as computer processors and memory chips almost universally rely on silicon to control electrical currents. However, silicon’s poor light-emitting properties have limited its use in phot...

1 Sep 2010

Using Laser Pulse to Fabricate Nanostructures for Microelectronic Devices

Demand for ever-smaller electronic devices, whether are for information storage, high-definition displays or sensor arrays, is driving demand for nanofabrication techniques that can define ever-smaller features on circui...

1 Sep 2010

NIST Researchers Create 'Quantum Cats' Made of Light

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created "quantum cats" made of photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Aug 2010

Study Shows That Aixtron Leads in the Multi-Wafer MOCVD Market

IMS Research’s Quarterly GaN LED Supply Report released last week determined that over 300 MOCVD systems were installed in Q2’10 to serve the rapidly growing high brightness (HB) LED market.

From AIXTRON SE 31 Aug 2010

Researchers Develop New Transparent Conductive Oxides Using Quantum Mechanics

European researchers have combined computer modelling of quantum mechanics and precision fabrication processes to create novel transparent conductive oxides made to order for a wide range of scientific and consumer applications.

27 Aug 2010

DSI Researcher among Pioneer Investigator of Fano Resonance in Plasmonic Nanostructures and Metamaterials

Nanostructures with Fano resonance fabricated from plasmonic materials and metamaterials could give rise to a range of applications such as label-free chemical and bioanalysis probes that are adaptable to high-throughput...

26 Aug 2010

Novel Transparent Conductive Oxides Made To Order

26 Aug 2010

New Scanning Electron Microscope from JEOL Features Optics System

JEOL has introduced a unique Scanning Electron Microscope with optics that enable ultrahigh resolution imaging at low kV and high spatial resolution microanalysis.

26 Aug 2010

Nanostructuring Helps to Advance Displays

In a step toward more efficient, smaller and higher-definition display screens, a University of Michigan professor has developed a new type of color filter made of nano-thin sheets of metal with precisely spaced gratings.

26 Aug 2010