Publications
Lab Notes
Lab Notes are published in the Lincoln Laboratory Journal, but are initially released via this website. The following Lab Notes report on current technology or news from around the Laboratory, as opposed to the Lincoln Laboratory Journal articles, which document completed technological pursuits.
Volume 17, Number 1 Lab Notes
- Pump on a Chip › A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip moves tiny volumes of fluids around on a silicon chip without the use of external pumps and valves.
- Small Packages › A new way to squeeze compound semiconductors onto silicon chips promises smaller, more efficient microelectronics.
- Power to Go › Integrating a thermovoltaic device with a butane-fueled combustor yields an efficient source of portable power to challenge batteries.
- A Little Light Work › Getting silicon to respond to light could usher in a new era of integrated optical devices.
- No More Babel? › An algorithm that accounts for parts of speech lowers a key barrier to real-time language translation.
- Detector Avoids Speed Traps › Photodiodes sensitive around 1.9 micrometers could sense biological and chemical agents.
- Shadowy Work › Arrays of telescopes figure out what satellites are doing by looking at their silhouettes.
- Saving a Satellite › Forty years ago, a Lincoln Laboratory team spent agonizing hours waiting for a pioneering UHF communications satellite to wake up.