A switch for light wave electronics

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First author  Annkatrin Sommer (MPQ) with one of the glass samples - Photo: Thor
First author Annkatrin Sommer (MPQ) with one of the glass samples - Photo: Thorsten Naeser / MPQ
Research news

Light waves might be able to drive future transistors. The electromagnetic waves of light oscillate approximately one million times in a billionth of a second, hence at petahertz frequencies. In principle future electronics could reach this speed and become 100.000 times faster than current digital electronics. ...

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