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DILEMMA. "On the other hand, when it comes to actually doing stuff with that data, electronics are where it's at. This dichotomy has resulted in a very pronounced split between optical and electrical technologies: optics are used for networking between computers, but inside the chassis it's electronics all the way." (2015). https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

FIBER VS COPPER. "Engineers have long known that fibre-optic links are more desirable than copper wires for shuttling data around—the available bandwidth is higher, the distances that signals can be squirted over are longer, and energy consumption is lower." https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

A PHOTONIC CHIP uses light instead of electricity and is being developed for the "production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices." https://lnkd.in/ey3BzbX View in LinkedIn

"BRIDGING THE GAP between optical fibers and silicon photonic integrated circuits. The optical interconnection technology has been proved to be the best candidate to replace the electrical copper links at high data rates owing to the larger bandwidth, lower energy consumption and immunity to electromagnetic interference." https://lnkd.in/e-Kpyqa View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. "The goal of the program is the development of technologies and design tools necessary to fabricate an application-specific, electronic-photonic integrated circuit." (2015). https://lnkd.in/eAzxwaq View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. "BAE Systems, Lucent Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Applied Wave Research are participating in a high payoff research and development program for the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) of DARPA." https://lnkd.in/eAzxwaq View in LinkedIn

"PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF) is a new class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals. Because of its ability to confine light in hollow cores or with confinement characteristics not possible in conventional optical fiber, PCF is now finding applications in fiber-optic communications, fiber lasers, nonlinear devices, high-power transmission, highly sensitive gas sensors, and other areas." https://lnkd.in/emkMqJc View in LinkedIn

OPTICAL BRAIN. "Now instead of electrons, light and optical fibers also show promise in achieving a brain-like computer. The cognitive functionality of central neurons underlies the adaptable nature and information processing capability of our brains." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn

ASPIRIN IN PLANTS. "Transcriptional regulation is a central process in plant immunity. The induction or repression of defense genes is orchestrated by signaling networks that are directed by plant hormones of which salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) are the major players." https://lnkd.in/e4rD_UV View in LinkedIn

BRAIN SPEED. "However, current computers are still massively less efficient than the human brain, which takes only five seconds and a few calories to process what takes a computer 500 seconds and 1.4 milliwatts of power." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn