tiagosilva29 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the International Business Times:Researchers have made a new material that can be used to guide waves of light, a breakthrough that could lead to ultra-fast computing. Georgia Tech scientists are using specially designed organic dyes that can process and redirect light without the need to be converted to electricity first. ... 'For this class of molecules, we can with a high degree of reliability predict where the molecules will have both large optical nonlinearities and low two-photon absorption,' said [Georgia Tech School of Chemistry professor Seth] Marder. According to the article, using an optical router could lead to transmission speeds as high as 2000 gigabits per second, five times faster than current technology. Slashdot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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