Michael Chini of UCF assisted in the development of the world’s first optical oscilloscope, an instrument that measures the electric field of light. The device is able to capture the peaks and valleys of light pulses, which are where information can be packed and delivered.
“Fiber optic communications have taken advantage of light to make things faster, but we are still functionally limited by the speed of the oscilloscope,” said Chini. “Our optical oscilloscope may be able to increase that speed by a factor of about 10,000.”
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