Optical Computing - Nanowire networks route light

daRk_heLmet · Jul 10, 2005, 06:30 AM

Computer chips that use light rather than electricity to dramatically speed computing are probably a long way off, but research efforts aimed at producing nanoscale optics could make chip-scale communications devices and scientific equipment practical within a decade.

An increasing amount of this research effort is focused on using photonic crystal chips to channel light, but photonic crystal channels are generally larger than a thousandth of a millimeter, or 1,000 nanometers. Another approach is to use nanowires to guide lightwaves.
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Jul 10, 2005, 06:30 AM	#1
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	Optical Computing - Nanowire networks route light Computer chips that use light rather than electricity to dramatically speed computing are probably a long way off, but research efforts aimed at producing nanoscale optics could make chip-scale communications devices and scientific equipment practical within a decade. An increasing amount of this research effort is focused on using photonic crystal chips to channel light, but photonic crystal channels are generally larger than a thousandth of a millimeter, or 1,000 nanometers. Another approach is to use nanowires to guide lightwaves. ___________________ Read More/Source: TRN __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]