March 18, 2007


New Focus for Light

Stunning developments in hi-res; MIT Technology Review reports . . .

'Kenneth Crozier and Federico Capasso have created light-focusing optical antennas that could lead to DVDs that hold hundreds of movies.

Capasso and Crozier's optical antennas could have far-reaching and un­predictable implications, from superdense optical storage to ­superhigh-resolution optical microscopes. Enabling engineers to simply and cheaply break the diffraction limit has made the many applications that rely on light shine that much brighter.'
Want to know more? Look for Plasmonic Laser Antenna.

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