Researchers Build Electronic Functions inside Fibre

by Belle Dumé fibers.org News, 31 May 2006 Optical fibres are the established platform for communications technology and semiconductor devices are commonly used in microelectronics. Now, scientists at Southampton University and Penn State University have developed a new way to combine these two technologies. The novel technique, which allows electronic functions to be built directly into a microstructured optical fibre, could extend optoelectronics well beyond what is currently achieved in planar semiconductor waveguide devices. Read more