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Explore the transformative potential of synchronized systems in this lecture by Ali Hajimiri, Bren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering at Caltech. Discover how synchronized operation of numerous similar entities can generate extraordinary behaviors impossible to achieve with individual components alone. Learn about the physical concept of coherence in waves and its application in creating programmable 3-dimensional focal points for revolutionary technologies including wireless energy transfer on Earth and from space, flat lensless projectors and cameras, and emerging applications. Examine the principles behind phased arrays and focusing arrays that utilize synchronized wave generating or receiving elements to achieve remarkable collective behaviors. Understand how seemingly unremarkable individual elements can combine to create rich and useful system-wide capabilities. Follow a comprehensive journey through this fundamental principle and explore its progression across various potential applications in high-speed electronics, photonics, sensors, communication systems, and biomedical devices. Gain insights from a distinguished researcher who has co-founded successful companies, received numerous teaching awards including the prestigious Feynman Prize, and contributed groundbreaking work in integrated circuits that have shipped hundreds of millions of units worldwide.
