Devil in the detail...missed it, page-31

" SCIENTISTS at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new breed of materials which can twist light at will with possible applications in photonics.
Photonics is widely seen as a light-based successor to electronics. The ANU development of artificial “metamaterials” can rotate the polarisation of light in ways never before seen in natural materials. The polarisation effect can be switched on and off directly using light. Electronics is estimated to account for two per cent of the global carbon footprint, a figure which photonics has the potential to reduce significantly. Already light carried by fibre optics, has replaced electricity for carrying signals over long distances."

Yep Homebrew, this is sounds like the MPC (magnetic photonic crystal) that was being used for Display technologies and telecommunications etc previously. They basically can bend light. Although it's still using magnetism to create the polarising and faraday effect it maybe useful as a step into the photonics world. Pure photonic switching circuits will be the next era in technology but still a while away. Scientists have been working on trying to use pure photonics to operate as current electronics do ie... a photonic switch switched on and off by light wavelengths or colour spectrums etc. You know the stuff you see in The Matrix, Star Wars, Star Trek etc. Glass screens etc which are basically super computers.
This will be a massive future step as no more electronic bottle necks are there. Everything CPU,RAM, data etc operates and is stored by photonics... This is a while away but will be the next evolution in technology.


Just a recap on the MPC....

ASX Release
Panorama Synergy Ltd ABN 84 060 369 048 Suite 2 / 17 Foley Street, Balcatta, Western Australia 6021, Australia Phone: +61 8 9345 2350 • Fax: +61 8 9345 2332 • www.panoramasynergy.com 1
3 August 2010
Technical Progress in the Blue Spectrum
Key Points:

1. Low absorption of blue light by latest samples is consistent with the best published results for cerium based material
2. This is the first of two critical milestones in achieving a high figure of merit for output and control of blue light, as has already been accomplished for red and green light
3. The next step will be to crystallize the magneto-optic material in order to achieve high Faraday polarization rotation (and switch the light on and off)

Panorama Synergy Limited (ASX Code: PSY) is pleased to announce its latest development in magneto-optic material that pertains to the transmission of light in the blue spectrum. Having achieved outstanding characteristics for light output and control in the red and green spectrum, the Company needed a magneto-optic material for the blue spectrum with lower absorption than from the composition used for red and green. Testing of its latest samples, specifically engineered for the blue spectrum, has resulted in a low absorption consistent with the best published results for cerium based material.
A critical characteristic for high performance material used in the solid-state, electronic optical switch being developed by the Company is low absorption of light by the magneto-optic nano film to achieve the highest light transmission through the projector. PSY scientists have been working on optimizing cerium based garnets, with a view to minimizing the absorption. The next step will be to crystallize the material in order to achieve Faraday rotation (meaning the ability to turn on and off) and remanence (ability to remember the state the pixel was left in). Both high Faraday polarization rotation and low optical absorption per unit length are vital for achieving a high figure of merit for switch performance.
Panorama Synergy CEO, Terry Walsh said the process for perfecting blue follows the same process that achieved the desired outstanding characteristics in red and green.
"PSY is leading the world in using magneto-optic crystals to process light in the visible spectrum, that is to finely control red, green and blue light. We are delighted with the strong progress we are making in the blue spectrum and, following a series of expert’s reports in recent months, are confident that the technology is reaching its full potential" he said.

More info !!! Read the ann here to recap guys...

http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20100225/pdf/31nyc86b02xtv2.pdf