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Now entering, Lithium Niobate Valley
December 21, 2017
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Harvard researchers have developed a technique to fabricate high-performance optical microstructures using lithium niobate, opening the door to ultra-efficient integrated photonic circuits, quantum photonics, microwave-to-optical conversion and more.Full StorySource
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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