Plasmonics Nanoswitches May Expand Laptop Capacity a Millionfold
"Creation of a plasmonic circuit is probably five years away," says Tony Jun Huang.
Plasmonics — a possible replacement for current computing approaches — may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller than optically-based systems, according to a Penn State engineer who has developed a plasmonic switch.
“If plasmonics are realized, the future will have circuits as small as the current electronic ones with a capacity a million times better,” said Tony Jun Huang, James Henderson assistant professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics. “Plasmonics combines the speed and capacity of photonic — light based — circuits with the small size of electronic circuits.” (more…)
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