Keeping Light Travel on Track in a Computer Chip (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Keeping Light Travel on Track in a Computer Chip

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An anisotropic metamaterial waveguide cladding keeps light travel on track throughout a computer chip, preventing leaked and jumbled bits of information.

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Purdue University image/Saman Jahani

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