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Light Stored as Sound for First Time

Researchers at the University of Sydney have successfully transferred data carried on light waves into sound waves in a microchip.

Why is this important? Shifting from optical to acoustical and back inside a chip is considered a building block of creating computers that use photons instead of electrons to move data. A light-based computer theoretically could run 20+ times faster than today’s laptops.

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Craig DiLouie

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