Researchers At Stanford University Promise Cable-Free Computing

Research and Engineers at Stanford University bring a promise of something that will make us free from tangled wires of computers. They have designed a prism like device that can split light in different colours and can bend it at right angles. In general, computers are going to use optics to transfer data instead of wires, which makes use of electricity to do so. Researchers are using a tiny slice of silicon itched with a bar-code like pattern and they call it as optical link.


Talking about the optical link, when a light beam is pushed at the link, it splits the light in two wavelengths and forms a T-shaped structure. Researchers believe that, this is the big step towards creating a complete system that will connect computer components with light rather than cables.


The research leader Jelena Vuckovic says that light can carry more data than electricity and transmission of photons is more easy and fast than the transmission of electrons. Previously, Jelena and her team have developed an algorithm that has two outputs. First, it automates the designing process of optical structures and second, enables them to create nanoscale structure to control light.

Currently, Jelena Vuckovic and lead author Alexander Piggott have employed the algorithm to design as well as built and test an optical link compatible with the current optical fibre network. We look forward to further results from the research team. What are your thoughts on this research? Share with us through comments section below.

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