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  • Researchers use sound waves to advance optical communication

    Jan 22, 2018 11:00 am by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Illinois mechanical science and engineering student and lead author of a new study Benjamin Sohn holds a device that uses sound waves to produce optical diodes tiny enough to fit onto a computer chip

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    • Illinois mechanical science and engineering student and lead author of a new study Benjamin Sohn holds a device that uses sound waves to produce optical diodes tiny enough to fit onto a computer chip

    Optical isolators may help solve major data capacity and system size challenges for photonic integrated circuits, which are used for computing and communications