The terahertz gap is a range of electromagnetic radiation between microwave and infrared that is very hard to generate and receive because it is too low frequency for optical systems but too high frequency for electrical.
colanderman · 77d ago
By my reading this isn't a new way to generate THz signals, but a way to modulate light with existing THz signals.
andrewstuart · 78d ago
I did not read the article but I sure do love to say “Plasmonic Modulator”.
Sounds like something from Doctor Who.
Or a component of a retro encabulator.
chuckadams · 77d ago
In my head, I hear Marvin the Martian saying it. Especially if it’s made of Illudium Q-36.
rbanffy · 78d ago
Definitely a component on a warp engine, near the coil inducers.
yehoshuapw · 78d ago
it is even by Matthew S. Smith
which is pretty close...
qwertytyyuu · 78d ago
some these ai data centers would be using gama rays haha
Sounds like something from Doctor Who.
Or a component of a retro encabulator.