An optical transistor, also known as an optical switch or a light valve, is a device that switches or amplifies optical signals. Light occurring on an...

time-domain optical data. The fundamental building block of modern electronic computers is the transistor. To replace electronic components with optical ones...

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics...

light-emitting transistor (OLET) is a form of transistor that emits light. These transistors have potential for digital displays and on-chip optical interconnects...

A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) or integrated optical circuit is a microchip containing two or more photonic components that form a functioning circuit...

is a light-sensitive transistor. A common type of phototransistor, the bipolar phototransistor, is in essence a bipolar transistor encased in a transparent...

device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors. These components are etched onto a small...

that measure chemical and physical properties of materials, including optical sensors for refractive index measurement, vibrational sensors for fluid...

Information Age has been linked to the development of the transistor in 1947 and the optical amplifier in 1957. These technological advances have had a...

Transistor laser is a semiconductor device that functions as a transistor with an electrical output and an optical output, as opposed to the typical two...

Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation...

Holography (holographic display, computer-generated holography) Diffusion Optical transistor Some prototypes Screenless display (Virtual retinal display, Bionic...

cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to...

transistor) Composite transistors BiCMOS (bipolar CMOS) IGBT (Insulated-gate bipolar transistor) Other transistors Bipolar junction transistor (BJT...

A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) is a type of bipolar junction transistor (BJT) that uses different semiconductor materials for the emitter and...

A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is made by thin film deposition. TFTs are grown on...

field-effect transistor, or MOS transistor) was invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at BTL in 1959. It was the first truly compact transistor that could...

clocks improve based on optical clocks or the Rydberg constant around 2030. Technological developments such as lasers and optical frequency combs in the...

Electro-optical sensors are electronic detectors that convert light, or a change in light, into an electronic signal. These sensors are able to detect...

anyons living in artificial spin-lattice models. A single-molecule optical transistor is devised. NIST is reads and writes individual qubits. NIST demonstrates...

An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage...

photodiode) and one or more active transistors. In a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) active-pixel sensor, MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are used as amplifiers...

An organic field-effect transistor (OFET) is a field-effect transistor using an organic semiconductor in its channel. OFETs can be prepared either by vacuum...

These methods are exploited in the design of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), laser diodes and solar cells. The distinction between semiconductors...

A light-emitting transistor or LET is a form of transistor that emits light. Higher efficiency than light-emitting diode (LED) is possible. Reported in...

A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications network that uses only unpowered devices to carry signals, as opposed to electronic...

Photolithography (also known as optical lithography) is a process used in the manufacturing of integrated circuits. It involves using light to transfer...

comprising photo-sensitive transistors and light emissive diode, Issued: March 28, 1968 U.S. patent 3,413,480 Electro-optical transistor switching device, Issued:...

Packaging Organic light-emitting transistor Silicon photonics David A. B. Miller, ‘Rationale and Challenges for Optical Interconnects to Electronic Chips’...

light by light: photonic crystal-based coherent all-optical transistor". Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 33: 1594–1599. doi:10.1364/JOSAB...