Via drilling is a critical process in printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, where small holes, known as vias, are created to establish electrical connections between different layers of the board ...

Acousto-optic devices exploit the interplay between light and sound waves to dynamically control optical signals. By utilising high-frequency acoustic waves, these devices induce periodic refractive ...

The lithium niobate thin-film modulator was designed to achieve a modulation frequency of 350 kHz within the 0–2π phase range, further realizing high speed control of optical field coherence.

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, ...

A new Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) grating modulator has been developed, offering significant advancements in optical efficiency and scalability for communication systems. By integrating a ...

Plasmonic modulators are tiny components that convert electrical signals into optical signals in order to transport them through optical fibers. A modulator of this kind had never managed to transmit ...

New research paper titled “Gigahertz free-space electro-optic modulators based on Mie resonances” from researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in ...

Many state-of-the-art technologies work at incredibly low temperatures. Superconducting microprocessors and quantum computers promise to revolutionize computation, but scientists need to keep them ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HyperLight, the leading provider of end-to-end photonic integrated circuits (PIC) solutions using thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology, has announced the ...

Metasurfaces are two-dimensional (2D), nanoengineered surfaces that interact strongly with electromagnetic waves and can control light with remarkable precision. These ultra-thin layers can be used to ...

Over the decades, development into silicon photonic modulators – technologically advanced devices that enable the manipulation of light properties – has revealed potential in various network and ...