Time-Domain Telescope

[smarriveurr]

So, apparently, researchers have invented a method for transferring data at an increased rate using what they refer to as a "time-domain telescope", a way of focusing optical pulses to make them "shorter in time" to transmit data at an increased rate. Unfortunately, no article I have found seems to be able to use unambiguous language to describe

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[firynze]

all I'm finding on my usual photonics resource site is older articles, nothing after 2008...

[smarriveurr]

... my usual photonics resource site...

This is why I love LJ. My friends are awesome.

[firynze]

When in doubt, Laurin Photonics.

[smarriveurr]

Duly noted. And they have a glossary!... albeit poorly implemented.

[firynze]

If you need to find anything else there, lemme know. I'm good friends with the ME over there, and can probably get her to get someone to explain things better. :-D

[smarriveurr]

This is time-domain telescope is my photonic obsession of the moment. The "oh, we figured out how to increase the speed of light two years ago?" side-discovery is sitting on the back-burner ATM, while my mind gets over the fact that it wasn't major mainstream news.

[firynze]

I feel like I heard about the "increasing the speed of light" thing back when it happened. But I hadn't heard a word about the time-domain telescope...

[smarriveurr]

I'm pretty sure I'd remember it. When I was in college, they were doing that Photon Twinning stuff, and everyone was talking Star Trek teleporters. In the CS departments, were were quietly discussing how the current technology basically allowed you to instantaneously transmit high and low states, and thus how awesome it would be to compute without a lightspeed barrier. Anything that seems to get toward that is going to catch my eye.

[firynze]

I remember that. I geeked out about it SO MUCH.

I'm convinced I heard about the C thing when it happened - it sounds too familiar - but I haven't looked at the science behind it. I need to do that. You know, in my copious spare time.

[smarriveurr]

I kind of want to, but I get the feeling it's over my head, and I didn't know of it at the time, so I couldn't grab info as it happened. ;)

However, you get to be the first to see this shiny link that actually makes sense while I work on the post about it.

[firynze]

OOOH!

[smarriveurr]

Mhm. I still don't fully "get it"... particularly, it's a bit vague on the role of the "more powerful" second lens... but at least I can follow the parts they do take the time to explain. Huzzah for more targeted publications.