Plasmonics a Technology That Could Revolutionise Computing

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	Plasmonics a Technology That Could Revolutionise Computing

Mikez

4-27-2007 5:01 AM

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plasmonics, computing, fibre-optics, electrons

Mikez says:

Fibre optics without the fibres?

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4-27-2007 11:39 AM

The REAL Napster

Sounds like an off-shoot of Tesla to me. Interesting.

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A book which gives an overview of plasmonics, an area of physics that could revolutionise computing and telecommunications over the next two decades, has been published by a researcher at the University of Bath.
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Dr Stefan Maier’s 250-page work, <I>Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications</I>, published by Springer, was released last week.
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