EDN

Dual High-Speed Optical Logic Isolator

The CPC5002 is a dual high-speed digital optical isolator featuring open-drain outputs providing 3750 Vrms of galvanic isolation between the inputs and the outputs. It buffers two independent signals ...
Purdue University

No more magnets: How an electrically driven, linear optical isolator on-a-chip opens door to new applications

Traditional computers are fast, but nothing like the speed of light—at 186,000 miles per second, you can crunch numbers awfully quick. That’s a big reason why optical photonics are being used for ...
EDN

Nano-optic based optical isolators enable smaller transceivers and transponders

Somerset, N.J.—NanoOpto Corporation announced the availability for sampling of the SubWave Optical Isolator, a family of high-performance, nano-structure enabled optical isolators that can reduce both ...
AZOM

Vibration Isolation in Fiber Optic Sensing Systems

There is a new generation of fiber optic sensing systems, which can be employed to great utility in the monitoring of well conditions within the oil and gas industry, resulting in improved performance ...
AZOM

Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolation Facilitates Optical Photopatterning Research into Organic Photovoltaic Performance

At the University of California/Davis, The Moulé Group is investigating the patterning and solution processing of organic electronic materials for use in equipment like chemical sensors, ...
Nature

A chip-scale one-way valve for light

For integrated photonics to take off, light signals zooming around optical chips must be successfully isolated from one another. Scientists at Stanford University have now designed a miniature one-way ...
PC Magazine

optical isolator

A device used to prevent lightwaves from reflecting backwards (the optical counterpart to an electrical diode). It is a one-way filter for a range of light frequencies. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...
Ars Technica

Spinning glass ball rejects light from one direction

Today I would like to present the turbine-powered optical isolator, a steampunk-sounding bit of hardware that only allows light to pass in one direction. That, I must admit, is a sentence I never ...
Electronic Design

Optical Isolation Amplifiers Support Inverter Voltage, Current and Temperature Sensing

Designed specifically for high-voltage sensing, a new generation of optically isolated amplifiers make monitoring and system protection circuits more accurate and easier to design. These iso-amps can ...
Automation World

Automation Direct, Inc: Solve Interface Problems with High-Speed Optical Isolators

High-speed optical isolators solve various interface problems between an incremental encoder signal and a PLC, servo drive, or other input devices. Related To: AutomationDirect High-speed optical ...
Electronic Design

Use Dynamic Common-Mode Rejection Test To Evaluate Industrial Isolator Performance

Static common-mode specifications have been the traditional standard used to measure isolators and compare devices with different construction or technologies. However, that standard is no longer an ...