U.S. companies develop new polymer films

â—†Development: A scientific team of Virginia Tech Corporation in Braxburg, USA

â—†Features: This polymer film enables better control of lasers used in high-speed communications networks. The key material used for the polymer film is a dye called Procion Red, a color dye commonly used in the production of T-shirts. An electro-optic modulator that uses this dye to convert an electrical signal into an optical signal enables faster and cheaper transmission of the signal in the network.