Terahertz-Speed Polarization Optical Switch (IMAGE)

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Terahertz-Speed Polarization Optical Switch

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Former Sandia National Laboratories postdoctoral researcher Yuanmu Yang, left, and Sandia researcher Igal Brener set up to do testing in an optical lab. A team led by Brener published a Nature Photonics paper describing work on optical information processing at terahertz speeds, a rate much faster than what is achievable today by electronic means.

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Sandia National Laboratories/Randy Montoya

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