This new device bridges big gap by achieving computation at the speed of light

Researchers has created a new device that can be able to program photons or electrons with data(information).

At the University of Oxford, Harish Bhasaran's Advanced Nano-scale Engineering research group partnered with fellow research universities has devised a first of its kind electro-optical device that has future for making a faster and more energy efficient processors.

It uses light to transfer the data as well as they encode them. So, how did the researches achieved this? how the compatibility between the photons and electrons being used as a storage. Researchers, initially reduced the size of light into nanoscopic dimensions and combine with high energy density. There by you can read out a detailed explanation here.