Submission + - Infrared detector to free up Internet of tomorrow
Physicists in Canada and the UK have invented a new kind of silicon photodetector that converts the pulses of light sent down a fibre-optic cable into electrical signals that serve as input to computer processors – that is designed to meet that demand by increasing the range of wavelengths that can be used to send data.
The device, which could be built using existing chip-fabrication techniques, would ease the pressure on the Web's data centres by opening up a new frequency range in optical communications. This work is published in Nature Photonics.