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Physicists Find Right (and Left) Solution for On-chip Optics
April 22, 2013
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A Harvard-led team of researchers has created a new type of nanoscale device that converts an optical signal into waves that travel along a metal surface. Significantly, the device can recognize specific kinds of polarized light and accordingly send the signal in one direction or another. Full StorySource
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