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An all-optical approach to pumping chip-based nanolasers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new all-optical method for driving multiple highly dense nanolaser arrays. The approach could enable chip-based optical communication links that process and move data faster than today's electronic-based devices.

Dec 15, 2022

Agrivoltaics to optimize farmers' yields—cropwise and energywise

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

There is no unused arable land on a planet that’s already struggling to support a human population that cleared 8 billion last month, and where roughly 1 million plants and animals are threatened with extinction. The pressure is palpable. In Montr...

Dec 15, 2022

Moving More Data Faster: All-Optical Pumping Chip-Based Nanolasers

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

New all-optical pumping chip-based nanolaser technology could aid in meeting the ever-growing need to move more data faster. A new all-optical approach for driving multiple highly dense nanolaser arrays has been developed by researchers in Korea. ...

Dec 15, 2022

Scientist mimic nature to make nano particle metallic snowflakes

NanoDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists in New Zealand and Australia working at the level of atoms created something unexpected: tiny metallic snowflakes. Why's that significant? Because coaxing individual atoms to cooperate in desired ways is leading to a revolution in ...

Dec 15, 2022

Nano-scale platinum-cobalt alloy particles to slash cost of next-gen fuel cells

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

The precious metal platinum is a key catalyst for the chemical reactions at the heart of the next generation of more compact, high-performing hydrogen fuel cells. But platinum's high cost is preventing widespread adoption of this technology.

Dec 15, 2022

An X-ray step towards superfast nanoelectronics

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When a material with magnetic properties, constructed from appropriately selected layers, is illuminated by a pulse from an X-ray laser, it instantly demagnetizes. This phenomenon, so far poorly understood, could in the future be used in nanoelect...

Dec 15, 2022

Using the power of symmetry for new quantum technologies

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

By taking advantage of nature's own inherent symmetry, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a way to control and communicate with the dark state of atoms. This finding opens another door toward building quantu...

Dec 15, 2022

Online Seminar on Mechanical Surface Properties

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

On the 1st of February 2023 Nanosurf will join an online seminar to present AFM technology as a research tool for nanomechanical testing in academia and industry, joining experts from other companies developing tools for mechanical materials surfa...

Dec 15, 2022

A shield for 2D materials that adds vibrations to reduce vibration problems: Ultra-thin, protective, liquid-metal-printed layer improves performance of electronics, suppressing vibrational resistance

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new study demonstrates a new, counterintuitive way to protect atomically-thin electronics -- adding vibrations, to reduce vibrations. By squeezing a liquid-metal gallium droplet, graphene devices are painted with a protective coating of gallium-...

Dec 15, 2022

Researchers develop all-optical approach to pumping chip-based nanolasers: New technology could aid in meeting the ever-growing need to move more data faster

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a new all-optical method for driving multiple highly dense nanolaser arrays. As described in Optica, the approach could enable chip-based optical communication links that process and move data faster than today's el...

Dec 15, 2022

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