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Nature 437, 325-326 (15 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437325a; Published online 14 September 2005

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Nanotechnology: Nano-oscillators get it together

Pritiraj Mohanty1

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Synchronized radiation from arrays of oscillators is widely used in microwave and wireless communications. Phase-locked oscillations produced at the atomic level now pave the way for devices on the nanoscale.

Seen in southeast Asia, it is one of the most dazzling natural visual effects known: large congregations of fireflies blinking on and off in unison (Fig. 1).

  1. Pritiraj Mohanty is in the Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
    Email: mohanty@physics.bu.edu

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