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Optical Waveguides in Photonic Crystals

Posted by michael on from the wave-of-the-future dept.

KeelSpawn sent in a short article talking about creating the equivalent of etched silicon for light, using a method intended to be cheap enough for commercial applications.

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  1. Improves your overall internet experiance by oliverthered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wave guides that small are useless, you need big wave guides to improve the experiance of surfing the net.

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  2. Substitution? by grondak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just hope the ad guys don't make a mistake and try to substitute photonic crystals for my coffee!

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  3. Don't worry... by af_robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if MS buys the technology to make 10+ ghz chips and then bundles them together with their software then we are in trouble.

    But we all know that Microsoft is the DARK SIDE. They can't use anything connected with the LIGHT.
    :)

  4. This is super by adamy · · Score: 2, Funny

    so when does Kal-el file for patent infringement.

    When this is done, will I be able to take a green glowing crystal, throw it at an ice field, and have a huge building grow?

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