Hypersonic Engineering & Design
Hypersonic Engineering & Design is a New York City based engineering and design studio working at the intersection of engineering, architecture, art, and media.
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New material enables 'information sorting' at the speed of light
The researchers are studying the science of ‘nano plasmonic devices’ whose key components are tiny nano scale metal structures, more than 1000 times smaller than the size of a human hair, that guide and direct light.
Information is routinely sorted and directed in different directions to allow computing, internet connections or telephone conversations to take place. At present, however, computers process information by encoding it in electric signals.
It would be much faster to process and transmit information in the form of light instead of electric signals, but until now, it has been difficult for the light beams to be ‘changed’, that is to interact with other beams of light, while travelling through a material, and this has held up progress.
The scientists have solved this by designing a new artificial material, which allows light beams to interact efficiently and change intensity, therefore allowing information to be sorted by beams of light at very high speeds. The structure of the tailor-made material is similar to a stack of Nano scale rods, along which light can travel and, most importantly, interact.
Professor Anatoly Zayats, in the Department of Physics at King’s, explains: ‘If we were able to control a flow of light in the same way as we control a flow of electrons in computer chips, a new generation of data processing machines could be built, which would be capable of dealing with huge amounts of information much faster than modern computers.
‘The new material we have developed, often called ‘met material’, could be incorporated into existing electronic chips to improve their performance, or used to build completely new all-optical chips and therefore revolutionize data processing speeds.
‘While there are many challenges to overcome, we would anticipate that in the future this faster technology could be in our PCs, mobile phones, aeroplanes and cars, for example.’
Other members of the team involved in this latest research include Argonne National Laboratory in the USA; University of North Florida; University of Massachusetts at Lowell; and Queen’s University of Belfast in the UK.
The research is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
More information : The paper ‘Designed ultrafast optical nonlinearity in a plasmonic nanorod metamaterial enhanced by nonlocality’ was published on Nature Nanotechnology's website on 23 January, and is available here http://www.nature/. … ano.2010.278
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CONSULTING SERVICES AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Machine Design, Automated Systems, and Robotics
Aerospace Technologies
Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
Lean Manufacturing
Consumer Product Design
3D CAD Design (Solid Works, Pro/E)
Structural Analysis & Finite Element Analysis
Prototyping, Machining, and Small Run Manufacturing
New material enables 'information sorting' at the speed of light
The researchers are studying the science of ‘nano plasmonic devices’ whose key components are tiny nano scale metal structures, more than 1000 times smaller than the size of a human hair, that guide and direct light.
Information is routinely sorted and directed in different directions to allow computing, internet connections or telephone conversations to take place. At present, however, computers process information by encoding it in electric signals.
It would be much faster to process and transmit information in the form of light instead of electric signals, but until now, it has been difficult for the light beams to be ‘changed’, that is to interact with other beams of light, while travelling through a material, and this has held up progress.
The scientists have solved this by designing a new artificial material, which allows light beams to interact efficiently and change intensity, therefore allowing information to be sorted by beams of light at very high speeds. The structure of the tailor-made material is similar to a stack of Nano scale rods, along which light can travel and, most importantly, interact.
Professor Anatoly Zayats, in the Department of Physics at King’s, explains: ‘If we were able to control a flow of light in the same way as we control a flow of electrons in computer chips, a new generation of data processing machines could be built, which would be capable of dealing with huge amounts of information much faster than modern computers.
‘The new material we have developed, often called ‘met material’, could be incorporated into existing electronic chips to improve their performance, or used to build completely new all-optical chips and therefore revolutionize data processing speeds.
‘While there are many challenges to overcome, we would anticipate that in the future this faster technology could be in our PCs, mobile phones, aeroplanes and cars, for example.’
Other members of the team involved in this latest research include Argonne National Laboratory in the USA; University of North Florida; University of Massachusetts at Lowell; and Queen’s University of Belfast in the UK.
The research is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
More information : The paper ‘Designed ultrafast optical nonlinearity in a plasmonic nanorod metamaterial enhanced by nonlocality’ was published on Nature Nanotechnology's website on 23 January, and is available here http://www.nature/. … ano.2010.278
Web Design Capabilities:
• Content Management Systems
• Social Networking
• E-Commerce
• Web 2.0 Site Design
• Custom Flash Development
• Video
• Photography • Logo Design
• Strategic Online Marketing
• Blog Development
• Clean HTML, CSS, XHTML Code
• Hosting
• Website Maintenance
Web Development Capabilities:
• ASP.Net Development
• Portal Creation / Integration
• Web based reporting & charting
• Web Services
• Web based workflow • SharePoint
• Advanced Ajax Development
• Customized Online Surveys
• Web based file share applications
• System Integrations
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