optical

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A team led by physicists at Stanford University has developed a new kind of optical cavity that can efficiently capture single photons, the basic particles of light, emitted by individual atoms.

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Being able to observe this effect allows scientists to measure a material's optical, electronic, and transport properties more accurately.

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Before AI, technology known as optical character recognition could scan documents into a digital format.

From Barron's

It said the early part of the year will be affected by supply shortages, especially in optical components, and the readiness of customers to install equipment.

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These capabilities are especially valuable for advanced optical devices and metamaterials.

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