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Using Excitons to Improve Communications

Posted on June 26, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrey Prokhorov Do you know what an exciton is? Excitons are formed by linking a negatively-charged electron with a positively-charged hole . An exciton decays when the electron and hole combine, emitting a flash of light in the process. According to Leonid Butov, a UCSD professor of physics, This direct coupling of excitons to photons bridges a gap between computing and communications. Thanks to IT News in Australia for a preview of the story that will get published in the journal Science.See full article.Related Entries: A Simple And Effective Marketing Com...

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