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Energy is useful. If controlled correctly it can create value and be put to good use. However, it is, by its very thermodynamic nature, potentially harmful and must be carefully contained within the ...

A new level of optical isolation necessary to advance on-chip optical signal processing has now been demonstrated by researchers. The technique involving light-sound interaction can be implemented in ...

Prolonged or excessive vibration can interfere with performance and damage equipment. Wire rope isolators can reduce noise, vibration and shock levels all at once, which gives them a very favorable ...

Technology advances have steadily been implemented to improve the performance of commercial atomic force microscopes (AFMs) since the release of the first commercial model about 30 years ago. Now, the ...

How optical isolation works. Source: B&B Electronics. Some of you may know that I moonlight as the guitar player in a hard-edged blues/rock band. Playing at the various clubs around town, I run into ...