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The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers

  • Written by Mohammed Hassan, Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computersThe author's lab's ultrafast optical switch in action.Mohammed Hassan, University of Arizona, CC BY-ND

If you’ve ever wished you had a faster phone, computer or internet connection, you’ve encountered the personal experience of hitting a limit of technology. But there might be help on the way.

Over the past several decades, scientists...

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