Silicon photonic MEMS take a step forward

Nov 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In recent years, global digitalization has seen unprecedented acceleration. Video streaming and video conferencing in home office and remote learning settings has resulted in a spike in residential broadband usage. Emerging applications such as artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles will further accelerate the need for...

Clever method for separating nano-components

Nov 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Physicists from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, together with colleagues from Düsseldorf, Gothenburg, Lyngby and Trieste have developed an ingenious solution for separating bonded nano-components. Their idea is to immerse the nano-components in a solvent near its critical point. In the experimental setup, they succeeded in...

A prime candidate for quantum networks

Nov 07, 2022 (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) has pioneered the integration of erbium atoms with special optical properties into a silicon crystal. The atoms can thus be connected by light at a wavelength that is commonly used in telecommunications....