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It’s broadband, Jim, but not as we know it: Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers
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It’s broadband, Jim, but not as we know it: Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers

Broadband Optical SSDs may be key to development of town-sized mega data centers Opting for optical SSDs allow distance between compute and storage...

The iPhone 17 Pro might have a shorter distance optical zoom than its predecessor – here’s why that could be a good thing
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The iPhone 17 Pro might have a shorter distance optical zoom than its predecessor – here’s why that could be a good thing

The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max could have a 3.5x optical zoom instead of a 5x However a 5x and even 7x...

Optical innovations for solar modules—which are the most promising?
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Optical innovations for solar modules—which are the most promising?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2023, photovoltaic systems generated more than 5% of the world’s electrical energy and the installed capacity doubles every...

Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission
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Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals to reshape high-speed data transmission

A focus-stacked macro photograph of a fabricated gallium phosphide photonic chip featuring multiple spiral waveguides and other test structures. The chip width is...

Optical remote sensing technology helps monitor aircraft emissions
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Optical remote sensing technology helps monitor aircraft emissions

FTIR optical remote sensing system can be used for real-time monitoring and analysis of aircraft emissions. Credit: Li Xiangxian A research team from...

Dynabook and NEC have just launched a series of laptops that pair 13th gen Intel processors with optical drives
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Dynabook and NEC have just launched a series of laptops that pair 13th gen Intel processors with optical drives

Dynabook and NEC defy industry trends by bringing back optical drives Dynabook T series uses both Blu-ray Disc drive and DVD Super Multi-Drive...

An optical solution to encryption could revolutionize security globally but the lasers powering it are still bulky and expensive
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An optical solution to encryption could revolutionize security globally but the lasers powering it are still bulky and expensive

High-power lasers and ethanol create scrambled holograms to encrypt data AI was trained to decrypt the data with 90-95% accuracy The optical encryption...

Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers
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Scientists enhance high-resolution distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers

This figure illustrates the result of distributed temperature sensing using a perfluorinated graded-index plastic optical fiber (POF). The top diagram shows the structure...

AI combined with holograms creates an uncrackable optical encryption system
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AI combined with holograms creates an uncrackable optical encryption system

Researchers created an optical system that encrypts information as a hologram that is scrambled when sent through a small container of liquid and...