Researchers in Germany have unveiled an ultra-fast light switch made of very thin semiconductor ...

A nanostructure made of silver and an atomically thin semiconductor layer can be turned into an ultrafast switching mirror ...

Aeva ® (Nasdaq: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced the development of a new high-power semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) delivering industry-leading ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics. These include photonic and quantum systems that could advance imaging, ...

Transistor lasers represent a unique integration of semiconductor light sources with transistor functionalities, enabling both high-speed optical emission and electronic amplification in a single ...

As demand for computing and communication capacity surges, the global communication infrastructure struggles to keep pace, since the light signals transmitted through fiber-optic lines must still be ...

Researchers in Switzerland have made the world's smallest optical transistor ever from a single dye molecule. The device, which works by weakening or amplifying a "source" laser beam depending on the ...

Optoelectronics, the use of electronic devices for the detection and control of light, has become a preferred means for broadband and transoceanic communication networks. Below is a sneak peek at the ...

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SPIE Photonics West sees the global optics and photonics community come together to present and discuss the latest industry ...

Researchers have developed a new optical computing material from photon avalanching nanoparticles. A research team co-led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, ...