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Silicon Nitride and Lithium Niobate Advance Low-Loss Sound Chips
Original: Sound Chips Go the Distance: Silicon Nitride Meets Lithium Niobate for Low-Loss Phononic Circuits
Researchers report progress in phononic circuits, chips that carry sound waves instead of electrons, by combining silicon nitride with lithium niobate to cut signal losses over longer distances. The pairing of the two materials is seen as a step toward more practical acoustic signal processing, with potential uses in communications and sensing technologies.
Why now: Advances in low-loss chip-scale acoustic circuits are drawing attention as alternatives to conventional electronics
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- Sound Chips Go the Distance: Silicon Nitride Meets Lithium Niobate for Low-Loss Phononic Circuits · Bioengineer.org
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