A research group has discovered significant nonreciprocal optical absorption of LiNiPO4, referred to as the optical diode effect, in which divalent nickel (Ni2+) ions are responsible for magnetism, by ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics.

(Phys.org) -- Light-emitting diodes at infrared wavelengths are the magic behind such things as night vision and optical communications, including the streaming data that comes through Netflix.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technologyrecently demonstrated a thinfilmoptical diode that designers canintegrate onto a silicon photonic chip alongwith lasers and waveguides. This task ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have created a new type of optical device small enough to fit millions on a computer chip that could lead to faster, more powerful information processing and ...

High-power laser diodes have become an essential component in applications ranging from industrial processing to medical diagnostics and telecommunications. As these devices operate at elevated power ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will begin shipping samples of its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of ...

(Nanowerk News) At the heart of global internet connectivity, optical communications form an indispensable foundation. Key to this foundation are optical isolators, created by combining multiple ...

Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into DC ...