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Showing posts with label metamaterials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metamaterials. Show all posts

2009-10-19

Running electronics using light

From PhysOrg.com:

"If you open up almost any electronic gadget, you will see various elements that operating using electric circuitries," Nader Engheta tells PhysOrg.com. "Many of them have different functionalities, such as inductors, capacitors, resistors, transistors, and so forth. These well-known elements have been around for decades. But what if you could bring these concepts to the nanoscale, and what if they could operate with light instead of electricity?"
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2009-07-31

The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways

From PhysOrg.com:

Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard.
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2008-10-16

New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies


New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies from PhysOrg.com

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology and "metamaterials."

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