optoelectronics

Replacing rare earth elements with cheaper more abundant elements

Thin-film solar panels, the cell phone in your hand and the LED bulb lighting your

Molecular nanoswitches could form the basis for a pioneering class of devices that could replace silicon-based components with organic molecules

Molecular switch will facilitate the development of pioneering electro-optical devices A research team led by

Adding optical components to existing microprocessor designs opens up new opportunities

Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of

New optoelectronic chip could cut data center energy usage by 30 to 50 percent

Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers

Using light to assemble electronic components is suitable for mass production

Cost-effective optical manipulation platform suitable for mass production of electronic and light-based devices An international team of

New optical-electric switch can switch between two stable energy states

Engineers are unveiling an upgrade to the transistor laser that could be used to boost

Lasers and Anti-Lasers together in one device provide an exceptional range of optical capabilities

Berkeley Lab scientists say marriage opens door to development of single device with exceptional range

Liquid light switch could enable more powerful electronics

Researchers have built a record energy-efficient switch, which uses the interplay of electricity and a

Unleashing graphene for more efficient optoelectronics

In the quest to harvest light for electronics, the focal point is the moment when

This “nanocavity” may improve ultrathin solar panels, video cameras and other optoelectronic devices

The future of movies and manufacturing may be in 3-D, but electronics and photonics are

Left: Illustration of terahertz optical switches shows the vanadium dioxide nanoparticles coated with a "nanomesh" of smaller gold particles. Right: Scanning electron microscope image of the switches at two resolutions. (Haglund Lab / Vanderbilt)
Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier

An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when

The new optical circuit works when bent around an object about the diameter of a human finger. Credit: Centre for Microsystems Technology/imec/Ghent University.
A Stretchable Highway for Light

Belgian researchers build the first circuit with stretchable optical interconnections For futuristic applications like wearable

How graphene and friends could harness the Sun’s energy

Combining wonder material graphene with other stunning one-atom thick materials could create the next generation