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31. Entangled Quantum Memories For A Quantum Repeater: A Step Closer To The Quantum Internet 6/2/2021

    During the 90s, engineers made major advances in the telecom arena spreading out the network to distances beyond the cities and metropolitan areas. To achieve this scalability factor, they used repeaters, which enhanced attenuated signals and allowed these to travel farther distances with the same features such as intensity or fidelity. Now, with the addition of satellites, it is completely normal to be in the middle of a mountain in Europe and talk with your loved ones living in the other part of the world.

32. Innovative Process That Removes Key Hurdle For Next-Generation Solar Cells Is Also A Lockbox For Greenhouse Gases 6/2/2021

    Perovskite solar cells have progressed in recent years with rapid increases in power conversion efficiency (from 3% in 2006 to 25.5% today), making them more competitive with silicon-based photovoltaic cells.

33. Accelerating AI At The Speed Of Light 6/2/2021
34. II-VI Incorporated Unveils 100 Gbps Indium Phosphide Directly Modulated Lasers For High-Speed Transceivers Deployed In Datacenters 6/1/2021

    II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a global leader in semiconductor lasers for optical communications, today announced the introduction of 100 Gbps indium phosphide (InP) directly modulated lasers (DMLs) for high-speed transceivers deployed in datacenters.

35. UArizona Engineers Demonstrate A Quantum Advantage 6/1/2021

    In a new paper, researchers in the College of Engineering and James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences experimentally demonstrate how quantum resources aren't just dreams for the distant future – they can improve the technology of today.

36. Optimizing 3D-Printed Components For Laser Beam Welding 6/1/2021

    Welding 3D-printed components with the laser: This is the goal of the scientists at the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) gGmbH and the Laser Zentrum Hanno-ver e.V. (LZH). In the new research project "QualLa", they want to develop an expert system that supports small and medium-sized enterprises in optimizing additive manufac-turing processes – so that the printed components can subsequently be welded soundly with the laser.

37. Light-Shrinking Material Lets Ordinary Microscope See In Super Resolution 6/1/2021

    Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light microscope so that it can be used to directly observe finer structures and details in living cells.

38. Professor Works To Maximize Efficiency Of Solar Light Pipes 6/1/2021

    If you have witnessed the rainbow pattern that dances on the surface of a CD or DVD, then you have seen diffraction at work. The disk acts as a diffraction grating, an optical element that disperses light into various colors or wavelengths.

39. Detecting Mid-Infrared Light, One Photon At A Time 6/1/2021

    For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable — individual photons, or single particles of light. However, these detectors, which consist of ultracold wires only about one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair, were limited to recording single photons at visible-light and slightly longer wavelengths, in the near infrared (IR).

40. In The Spotlight: Successful Synthesis Of Perovskite Visible-Light-Absorbing Semiconductor Material 5/31/2021

    Narrow-gap semiconductors with the ability to use visible light have garnered significant interest thanks to their versatility. Now, scientists in Japan have developed and characterized a new semiconductor material for application in process components stimulated by light.