: a device (such as a duct, coaxial cable, or glass fiber) designed to confine and direct the propagation of electromagnetic waves (such as light)
especially
: a metal tube for channeling ultrahigh-frequency waves
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For example, the on-chip photon detectors that are built into waveguides need to be able to count individual photons.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
So Harry and his team are exploring the trade-offs and developing a lot of new cells that are much cheaper and lighter: Cells made with thin films of perovskites or semiconductors like gallium arsenide, cells that use quantum dots, or use waveguides or other optics to concentrate the light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
The novel waveguide for the neodymium tweeter extends response to beyond 25 kHz but importantly replicates a deep, wide soundstage.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
Sallie Mead is, of course, not just her waveguides.
—Erica Huang, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
And the waveguides that Sallie was working on were called hyper-frequency waveguides.
—Erica Huang, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
In 2011, the researchers reported that Brillouin scattering held potential for high-resolution filtering, and developed new manufacturing techniques to combine a chalcogenide Brillouin waveguide on a silicon chip.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2023
They are used in optical communications as waveguides and switches, as well as in filters, lasers, mirrors, and various anti-reflection stealth devices.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023
The light then passes through a vertical waveguide, which restricts the way the light propagates and creates wavelength-dependent patterns; so different wavelengths of light land on different pixels on the detector.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
So Harry and his team are exploring the trade-offs and developing a lot of new cells that are much cheaper and lighter: Cells made with thin films of perovskites or semiconductors like gallium arsenide, cells that use quantum dots, or use waveguides or other optics to concentrate the light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
The novel waveguide for the neodymium tweeter extends response to beyond 25 kHz but importantly replicates a deep, wide soundstage.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
Sallie Mead is, of course, not just her waveguides.
—Erica Huang, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
And the waveguides that Sallie was working on were called hyper-frequency waveguides.
—Erica Huang, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
In 2011, the researchers reported that Brillouin scattering held potential for high-resolution filtering, and developed new manufacturing techniques to combine a chalcogenide Brillouin waveguide on a silicon chip.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2023
They are used in optical communications as waveguides and switches, as well as in filters, lasers, mirrors, and various anti-reflection stealth devices.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2023
The light then passes through a vertical waveguide, which restricts the way the light propagates and creates wavelength-dependent patterns; so different wavelengths of light land on different pixels on the detector.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Waveguide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waveguide. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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