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Japan touts optical communications breakthrough

Quantum dots could pave way for faster, higher capacity optical communications

By Alpha Doggs on Thu, 01/26/12 - 9:57am.

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is touting an optical communications technology breakthrough based on its work with semiconductor quantum dots. NICT says its efforts will enable optical transmissions using a wavelength band that covers 10 times the width of the band typically used now. Applications could include telecommunications as well as medical, including bioimaging.

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