All-optical circuits for computing and information processing could overcome the speed limitations intrinsic to electronics. However, in photonics, very few fundamental 'building blocks' equivalent to ...

All-optical photonic devices are crucial for many important photonic technologies and applications, ranging from optical communication to quantum information processing. Conventional design of ...

Primary performance data for passive fiber-optic devices is provided by spectral measurement of optical insertion loss (IL) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL). Often used to characterize optical ...

Soliton pulse pair generation in two- and three-coupled-ring microresonators. a, Schematic showing coherent pulse pairs that form a composite excitation. The inset is a photomicrograph of the ...

IBM scientists on Wednesday announced the development of a device that uses light, instead of copper wires, to allow computer chips to communicate. The advancement is a step toward replacing the ...

CAMBRIDGE, UK — Avago Technologies announced a miniature optical finger navigation (OFN) input system that brings high precision cursor control to a variety of mobile and consumer electronic devices.

Pen input has never really taken off in the computing mainstream, though it’s had somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. Various smartphones and tablets are shipping with the technology, ...

Researchers have demonstrated the first prototype device that measures optical power delivered through optical fiber at nanowatt levels. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Pen input has never really taken off in the computing mainstream, though it’s had somewhat of a renaissance in the last decade or so. Various smartphones and tablets are shipping with the technology, ...

Input devices are not glamorous. But few pieces of equipment see more use — or have more potential to affect your computing experience — than the lowly keyboard and mouse. And who says input devices ...