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The quest for quantum computing supremacy is a geopolitical priority for Europe, China, Canada, Australia and the United States. The quantum computing market was valued at $472m earlier in 2021 and is expected to reach $1.7bn by 2026, according to a Markets and Markets projection. Boston Consulting Group’s 2018 report that estimates …
Read More »Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) technology enable optical signal processing, optical communication, biophotonics, and sensing
Photonics is a breakthrough technology as it uses photons (smallest unit of light) as the data carrier instead of electrons (smallest unit of electricity) used in electronic ICs. As light travels at very high speeds, photonics is widely used to transfer huge amounts of data at a very high speed.Thus …
Read More »Photonic and Optical processor technologies for high performance and energy efficient computing
A Photonic and optical computer is a computer that performs its computation with photons as opposed to the more traditional electron-based computation. The Electronic computers are relatively slow, and the faster we make them the more power they consume,the future optical computers shall also be energy efficient. An electric current …
Read More »Digital Camera design and manufacturing
A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film. Digital and digital movie cameras share an optical system, typically using a lens with a variable diaphragm to focus light onto an …
Read More »Multi-Wavelength Lasers sources for enhancing capacity of data centers and Networks
In communication applications like the internet, the most simple form of optical communication is with a single fiber consisting of a single wavelength laser TX/RX scheme. In fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) is a technology that multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different …
Read More »Photonic quantum processor chips enable Large-scale programmable photonic Quantum computers
Quantum technology (QT) applies quantum mechanical properties such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and No-cloning theorem to quantum systems such as atoms, ions, electrons, photons, or molecules. Quantum bit is the basic unit of quantum information. Whereas in a classical system, a bit is either in one state or the another. …
Read More »DARPA Airborne Energy Well seeks laser propulsion on Aircrafts to power Rechargable Unmanned Aerial Systems
A laser is a device that emits a beam of coherent light through an optical amplification process. Laser propulsion is any method of propelling a spacecraft that uses the energy of laser beams. There are two main types of laser propulsion, depending on whether the laser is onboard or …
Read More »Semi-Active Lasers/Passive seeker technology
Guided missiles work by tracking the moving target’s location in space by specific methods (e.g. using a radar or following its heat signature), chasing it down, and finally hitting it with accuracy. Guidance systems in missiles can be of various types, which serve different operational purposes. Homing guidance systems control the …
Read More »Head Up Displays (HUDs) technology enabling augmented reality system for aircraft, submarines and tanks
A head-up display, also known as a HUD, is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. One example of Heads Up Displays are systems that are mounted within the car’s dash and are designed to project information through the windshield onto …
Read More »Military Laser Rangefinder essential for observation, target location and long range fire-control
A laser rangefinder is a rangefinder that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object. The most common form of laser rangefinder operates on the time of flight principle by sending a laser pulse in a narrow beam towards the object and measuring the time taken by …
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