DARPA is looking at more efficient technologies,
like fiber lasers and liquid lasers, which could lead to smaller, more compact devices, while the Navy is researching a Free Electron Laser, an experimental technology that uses high - speed electrons to generate an extremely powerful focused beam of radiation.
Not exact matches
Photonic technology is used for things
like lasers,
fiber optic cable, and night vision cameras.
So for decades engineers have tried to accelerate the pace of conventional, electricity - based computer chips by melding them with
laser - based signal processors (
like those used to send Internet data blazing through
fiber - optic cables).