Encoding data into light and transferring it using fiber optics is at the core of optical communications. With an exceptionally minimal loss of 0.2 dB/km, fiber optics made from silica have laid the foundations of today's international telecommunication networks and our data society.Such ultralow optical loss is just as crucial for incorporated photonics, which...
Insects’ remarkable acrobatic traits help them navigate the aerial world, with all of its wind gusts, obstacles, and general uncertainty. Such traits are also hard to build into flying robots — but MIT Assistant Professor Kevin Yufeng Chen has built a system that approaches insects’ agility. Credit: courtesy of Kevin Yufeng ChenThe use of...
The researchers at the University of North Florida's LEGO Atomic Laboratory in physics have discovered a new electrical phenomenon called by "asymmetric ferroelectricity. The study led by Dr. Maitri Warusawithana, an assistant professor of physics at UNF, in cooperation with scientists at the University of Illinois and Arizona State University, has demonstrated this phenomenon...
