Nanoantennas allow for high-speed optical data networks

October 22, 2009 | Source: KurzweilAI

(LTI)

Gold nanoantennas smaller than 100 nm that transmit and receive light have been developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers.

The antennas could be used in new optical high-speed data networks and in chip manufacturing and photovoltaic devices, and for the study of individual biomolecules.

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