Scottish-made photonic chip gives ‘astonishing’ detail of the night sky
A tiny glass chip developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University has linked two telescopes together to enable them to act as a single powerful instrument.
The CHARA Array in California is one of the world's leading facilities for high-resolution astronomy and consists of six telescopes that can be linked together to study celestial objects in "extraordinary detail".
To make this possible, the light collected by each telescope must be combined with extreme precision. The photonic chip - which guided light through thin glass c... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
