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  • adjective of, or relating to photons or to photonics

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Examples

  • H-P, for example, on Monday will discuss what it calls a photonic bus, which sends light pulses through short, hollow tubes called waveguides.

    At Forum, H-P Plans Laser Focus 2008

  • Or you could use those same satellites to weave and unravel those “magnetic ropes” to manipulate the flow of solar wind particles, as one would strum the strings of a cello to create certain photonic vibrations.

    Aurora Bibliothèque 2008

  • Hands On: SIM2 MICO 50 ProjectorPhlatLight LEDs 'name comes from "the underlying, enabling technology that we call photonic lattice, which is a nano structure embedded into the LEDs, and essentially helps with light extraction," explains Stephane Bellosguardo, product marketing director, projection display business.

    CE Pro Recently Filed rarcher@ehpub.com 2010

  • The idea, known as photonic computing, has become one of the hottest areas of computer research.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • The idea, known as photonic computing, has become one of the hottest areas of computer research.

    Wired Top Stories 2010

  • The chip, called a photonic silicon waveguide, is a piece of silicon dotted with arrays of tiny holes.

    IBM Slows the Speed of Light | Impact Lab 2005

  • Infinera's technology compresses 50 optical components like lasers, modulators and diodes onto a so-called photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, chip the size of an infant's fingernail.

    NYT > Technology 2010

  • Infinera's technology compresses 50 optical components like lasers, modulators and diodes onto a so-called photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, chip the size of an infant's fingernail.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • The researchers combined the copper patterns with millimetre-sized round holes in the surface, which leads to additional resonances as in so called photonic crystals and further improves the absorption.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Infinera's technology compresses 50 optical components like lasers, modulators and diodes onto a so-called photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, chip the size of an infant's fingernail.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

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