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MIT light detector may speed up interplanetary communications

by RLE at MIT | Mar 20, 2006 | News Links

MIT Assistant Professor Karl Berggren of electrical engineering and computer science works on nanowires in the lab. Photo / Donna Coveney

MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that may allow for super-fast broadband communications over interplanetary distances. Currently, even still images from other planets are difficult to retrieve. « more »

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MIT light detector may speed up interplanetary communications

Professor Karl Berggren

RLE Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group

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