Sol-Gel

January 2001
The 21st Century will definitely be Optical. Two recent articles explain why this will happen and how it will impact us.
 
The Triumph  of  the Light
by Gary Stix
Source: Scientific American
Optical Switching Fabric
Research labs and vendors are working on a whole bunch of rather strange technologies, including arrays of tiny tilting mirrors, liquid crystals, bubbles, holograms, and thermo- and acousto-optics.
This article provides a road map for folk wanting to understand these issues in more depth.
Source: Lightreading.com

 

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