Tiny black holes enable a new type of photodetector for high speed data

Tiny black holes enable a new type of photodetector for high speed data 04/05/2017 03:10 PM EDT Tiny "black holes" on a silicon wafer make for a new type of photodetector that could move more data at lower cost around the world or across a datacenter. The technology, developed by electrical engineers at the University of California, Davis, and W&WSens Devices, Inc. of Los Altos, Calif., a Silicon Valley startup, is described in a paper published April 3 in the journal Nature Photonics. Full story at https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/tiny-black-holes-enable-new-type-photodetector-high-speed-data Source University of California, Davis This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111