reflectivity – TechConnect Briefs

Efficiency’s Last Frontier: Reflective Building Surfaces

Wiig H.C., State of Hawaii Energy Office, US

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory scientists hold that if the world’s urban areas were highly reflective, global warming would be delayed by eleven years. However, America’s building energy codes do not cite reflective surfaces as key paths [...]

Modeling and Design of a Micromechanical Phase-Shifting Gate Optical Modulator

Que L., Witjaksono G., Gianchandani Y.B., University of Wisconsin, US

This paper reports the modeling and design of a micromechanical optical modulator with a phase-shifting gate that utilizes optical interference effects to modulate light. The gate is opened or closed by microactuators integrated on the [...]