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...
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time-domain optical data. The fundamental building block of modern electronic computers is the transistor. To replace electronic components with optical ones...
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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...
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light-emitting transistor (OLET) is a form of transistor that emits light. These transistors have potential for digital displays and on-chip optical interconnects...
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Photonic integrated circuit (redirect from Integrated optical circuit)
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) or integrated optical circuit is a microchip containing two or more photonic components that form a functioning circuit...
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Photodiode (redirect from Photo transistor)
is a light-sensitive transistor. A common type of phototransistor, the bipolar phototransistor, is in essence a bipolar transistor encased in a transparent...
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device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors. These components are etched onto a small...
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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...
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Electronic component (section Transistors)
transistor) Composite transistors BiCMOS (bipolar CMOS) IGBT (Insulated-gate bipolar transistor) Other transistors Bipolar junction transistor (BJT...
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A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) is a type of bipolar junction transistor (BJT) that uses different semiconductor materials for the emitter and...
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Sensor (redirect from Optical sensor)
that measure chemical and physical properties of materials, including optical sensors for refractive index measurement, vibrational sensors for fluid...
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Information Age (section Transistors)
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...
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Holography (holographic display, computer-generated holography) Diffusion Optical transistor Some prototypes Screenless display (Virtual retinal display, Bionic...
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anyons living in artificial spin-lattice models. A single-molecule optical transistor is devised. NIST is reads and writes individual qubits. NIST demonstrates...
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Fiber-optic cable (redirect from Optical fiber cable)
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...
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Electro-optical sensors are electronic detectors that convert light, or a change in light, into an electronic signal. These sensors are able to detect...
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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...
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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...
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Atomic clock (redirect from Optical lattice clock)
clocks improve based on optical clocks or the Rydberg constant around 2030. Technological developments such as lasers and optical frequency combs in the...
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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...
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Active-pixel sensor (section Thin-film transistors)
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...
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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...
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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...
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scaling and miniaturization of silicon MOSFETs (MOS transistors) leads to the number of transistors on an integrated circuit chip doubling every two years...
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A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications network that uses only unpowered devices to carry signals, as opposed to electronic...
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Photolithography (redirect from Optical lithography)
Photolithography (also known as optical lithography) is a process used in the manufacturing of integrated circuits. It involves using light to transfer...
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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...
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Automated optical inspection (AOI) is an automated visual inspection of printed circuit board (PCB) (or LCD, transistor) manufacture where a camera autonomously...
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Band gap (redirect from Optical band gap)
These methods are exploited in the design of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), laser diodes and solar cells. The distinction between semiconductors...
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List of MOSFET applications (category Transistor amplifiers)
MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) is a type of insulated-gate field-effect transistor (IGFET) that is fabricated by the controlled...
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