Lightwave Logic has declared that it has obtained excellent test results exhibiting a specific characteristic known as third-order effect for its Perkinamine chromophores. The tests had been conducted by the City University of New York (CUNY) and it has showed that the Perkinamine chromophores had shown the capacity to perform a phase shift with extremely low optical losses.
The third-order effect is the capacity of a non-linear substance to alter the phase of a light wave, in the company of another light wave. This helps to create an all-optical switch, which could be made use of in all optical networks.
Dave Eaton, the Chief Technology Officer of Lightwave, has observed that the company was thrilled that one more material developed by their company has demonstrated these results, and also that their material had endured the stringent fabrication conditions. Till date no other non-linear material has shown the capacity to function in all-optical range. He also mentioned that the company was delighted with the excellent waveguides which have been fabricated by Professor Menon’s group. Soon they would begin testing them in device designs for prototype models, and the CUNY group would also be using the structures to develop an all-optical transistor.
According to Jim Marcelli, who is the CEO of Lightwave Logic, all-optical networks and optical computing were rapidly gaining prominence in the world. They would take this as an opportunity to develop the next-generation architectures and thus give long term value to their shareholders.
Source: http://www.lightwavelogic.com