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Brazillian Beetle Creates Ideal Diamond Like Photonic Crystals for the Optical Computers of the...

azonano.com
May 20, 2008
        

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They...

Beetle holds key to optical computing

theinquirer.net
May 20, 2008
        

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Tuesday 20 May 2008. 09:23:00 Just need to iron out the bugs BOFFINS FROM UTAH reckon a shiny green beetle from Brazil could provide the perfect "photonic crystals" needed to build super-fast optical computers. Scientists have, for years, been trying to come up with...

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Diamond-Like Crystals Discovered In Brazilian Beetle Solve Issue For Future Optical Computers

sciencedaily.com
May 20, 2008
        

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the...

Photonic Beetle: Crystals for Future Optical Computers

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May 20, 2008
        

Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They...

               

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