28 days ago · Global
Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. ScienceDaily Technology and ScienceDaily Top News are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 18 Sept 2026, 11:50 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A new Caltech device can redirect a beam of light in just 74 femtoseconds using another beam and a nanoscale silicon metasurface. The breakthrough could pave the way for dramatically faster photonic communications, computing, and sensing technologies.
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- First reported by ScienceDaily Top News
Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second
- Picked up by ScienceDaily Technology
Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second
Same story, different outlets
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- ScienceDaily TechnologyCaltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second
- ScienceDaily Top NewsCaltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second