The fragility and laws of quantum physics generally make the characterization of quantum systems time‑consuming. Furthermore, ...

Taara, the freespace optics startup spun out by Google parent Alphabet, has unveiled its Lightbridge Pro. The firm claims its beaming solution can “instantly upgrade” existing infrastructure over the ...

Researchers create a nanoscale light switch operating 10,000 times faster than electronic transistors, opening possibilities ...

Plasmonic structures exhibit a wide range of physical characteristics, which are benefited by the localized and intensified light–matter interaction. There have been many recent advancements with ...

AI models are data-movement limited, so the Salience switch enables all optical networking between compute nodes, removing ...

Conventional computer processors have pretty much maxed out their "clock speeds"—a measurement of how fast they can toggle on and off—due to the limitations of electronic switching. Scientists looking ...

A new technical paper titled “Hybrid silicon all-optical switching devices integrated with two-dimensional material” was published by researchers at RIKEN, National Institute of Advanced Industrial ...

Researchers demonstrate ultrafast multivalley optical switching in germanium (Ge) using a single-color pulse laser. This breakthrough enables precise transparency control across multiple wavelengths, ...

Over the past few years, Google has been quietly overhauling its data centers, replacing its networking infrastructure with a radical in-house approach that has long been the dream of those in the ...

Imagine a home computer operating 1 million times faster than the most expensive hardware on the market. Now, imagine that being the industry standard. Physicists hope to pave the way for that reality ...