: 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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With integrated photonics, the precise alignment is inherent, because the waveguides carrying the light are lithographically defined.
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Michael Watts, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2023
Light enters the waveguide through a small aperture in the microprojector, which is hidden in the temple of the eyeglasses, and leaves the waveguide through a larger aperture at the other end.
—Ari Grobman, Forbes, 19 July 2022
These chips replace the electrons found in conventional processors with photons and use optical components like waveguides, filters, and light detectors to create circuits that can carry out computational tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 May 2023
Imagine a waveguide—a cylindrical pathway that confines the motion of a particle (an optical fiber is such a waveguide for photons of light, for example).
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2021
Okan Atalar and Amin Arbabian in Stanford’s electrical engineering department started with thin-film lithium niobate, a material often used for waveguides and optical switches in cellphones and communications systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide, and a flame igniter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
The first stage provides a simple on–off movement of the coupler waveguide, thereby engaging or disengaging the coupler to the bus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2023
Snapdragon XR2 platform and a full-color Micro LED optical waveguide display to show heads-up information like navigation and language translation in the wearer’s field of view.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
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Michael Watts, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2023
Light enters the waveguide through a small aperture in the microprojector, which is hidden in the temple of the eyeglasses, and leaves the waveguide through a larger aperture at the other end.
—Ari Grobman, Forbes, 19 July 2022
These chips replace the electrons found in conventional processors with photons and use optical components like waveguides, filters, and light detectors to create circuits that can carry out computational tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 May 2023
Imagine a waveguide—a cylindrical pathway that confines the motion of a particle (an optical fiber is such a waveguide for photons of light, for example).
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2021
Okan Atalar and Amin Arbabian in Stanford’s electrical engineering department started with thin-film lithium niobate, a material often used for waveguides and optical switches in cellphones and communications systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide, and a flame igniter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
The first stage provides a simple on–off movement of the coupler waveguide, thereby engaging or disengaging the coupler to the bus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2023
Snapdragon XR2 platform and a full-color Micro LED optical waveguide display to show heads-up information like navigation and language translation in the wearer’s field of view.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
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1932, in the meaning defined above
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