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It may be old but this is pretty good.
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers...

I was gonna mod you but I couldn't decide between Funny and Flamebait.

Definitely an F either way lol.

Duuuuuuude... nerd chics are the hottest. Like Britney Spears when she's teaching semiconductor physics!!! http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

Are you making your own semiconductors?
I am curious if it is possible to use doping levels on the chips that would allow them to work at high temperatures while not necessarily working at room temperature.
Perhaps you could get with NASA. I bet they would need something similar for exploring Venus.

Britney Spears may be able to enlighten us on the subject. http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

At 5m/s, that's a lot of Celine Dion

Celine Dion I can listen to singing though not for days on end. On the other hand though Britany Spears, I don't think so. However maybe she can give lessons in semiconductor physics.

Falcon

I have always liked Britney Spears' guide to semiconductor physics.

I especially like the illustration on conduction and valence bands.

I have always liked Britney Spears' guide to semiconductor physics.

I especially like the illustration on conduction and valence bands.

It's not only in the far east that such different subjects are sometimes juxtaposed for effect.

Don't forget our own utterly fantastic Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics on this side of the world, which really deserves a medal. If a blend of pop culture and highly mathematical science raises a smile at the same time as presenting some serious physics, maybe the approach isn't as barmy as it seems.

Also remember that we do something similar in computing too, for instance in Head First Design Patterns and other books in the series, which present their material through silly little stories. A lot of people seem to like that approach.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, and that seems to apply to technical literature too.

It's more common than you'd think. For example, it is a little known fact that Ms Spears is an expert in semiconductor physics. And the president himself knows a few things about high energy physics.

You mean Britney Spears doesn't actually know semiconductor physics? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. I'M SUING.

It's already been done! See Britney's guide to semiconductor physics.

Clearly we should find a way for Britney Spears to popularize good science.

What, you mean like Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics?

Have you ever seen Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics? A very clever teacher designed this site.

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It is a little known fact that Ms. Spears is an expert in semiconductor physics. Not content with just singing and acting, in the following pages, she will guide you in the fundamentals of the vital laser components that have made it possible for you to hear her super music in a digital format.

I don't think Britney Spears plays chess. She knows a lot of semi-conductor physics,, though.

Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics :-)

well how about this: Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics.

Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics

On the one hand, The brilliant media and cultural critic Neal Postman wrote -- and I'm summarizing several books here -- that we should pass a law that any time someone who isn't an expert in the field under discussion says anything about a subject, a big black banner should appear across the bottom of the screen, saying "THIS PERSON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT S/HE IS TALKING ABOUT."

On the *other* hand, Britney sure knows semiconductor physics. I point people at her explanation of VCSELs and how they work because it's way better than what I can crank out in a hurry.

If Brittany Spears can tell kids what's fashionable......

Like, for example the wonders of semiconductor physics!

That site has nothing to do with ms. Britney Spears... read the story behind the site here, it does however have a lot to do with semiconductor physics.

That's nothing, Britney Spears is the queen of semiconductor physics!

50 posts and no mention of the granddaddy of all celebrity+science sites?

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

The nuclear longevity, according to the models, is due to the closing of proton and neutron shells, which renders the particles stable against spontaneous fission

I'd include Sophie Germaine[wikipedia.org] Germain was particularly interested in Joseph-Louis Lagrange's teachings and submitted papers and assignments under the pseudonym "Monsieur Le Blanc", a former student of Lagrange's. Lagrange was so impressed by the paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, and Germain was forced to reveal her identity to him. Lagrange apparently considered her a talented mathematician and became her mentor. On a lighter note, how about Britney spears[britneyspears.ac]? ;) P.S. I don't post much at /.. Could someone tell me how to post a comment without replying to an earlier comment?(i.e. Reply to This).

No, you got it all wrong. Britney is an expert on semi-conductor physics.

Britney has quite a following on /.

http://britneyspears.ac/physics/basics/basics.htm

And don't forget about Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics

Come on, it's not that diffcult to learn, especially when it's explained by such a charming teacher:

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm/

Some of these are nice: http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

Re: Britney Spears...

A little off topic, I know, but it had to be said since you say she wasn't an engineer. She does have a rather handy guide to semiconductor physics (http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm) out there...

1. People fear that which they do not understand.
2. Nuclear Physics is hard* (apologies to Barbie(R))
3. People fear Nuclear Physics

Maybe we need a nuclear physics version of this.

Cheers
Stor

How many impressionable young children have been inspired to become semiconductor designers by the Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics?

but if more science was glamorized like this, I think you'd see more interest in it. I'm sure you could do a version with some appeal to the ladies as well.

Is Britney Spears a rocket scientist?

No, but she is a semiconductor physicist...

Britney is not fake, she is really smart person. Check out her guide to semiconductor physics, if you doubt her abilities. I actually read some of her work while studying for my semiconductor finals.

As for Britany Spears... letting that knowledge do all the good it's capable of.

Some people might say that Britney Spears' music hasn't done any good, even that it's been harmful... but without it we wouldn't have Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics. So it's done at least SOME good. Chuckle.

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Maybe this will help...

valence band? http://britneyspears.ac/physics/basics/basics.htm Yet the LHC girls are much cuter.

You're Britney Spears, arn't you?!

Very funny, but a rather obscure reference.

Kind of like having a guide to semiconductor physics by Britney Spears?

My favorite illustration is the one they put in the Photonic Crystals section. Brilliant, that one.

My all-time favourite illustration from that site has always been the energy levels of the band structure, for varying wavevector...

Sometimes, it's fun to be a physics grad...

A reference to the Britney Spears Guide To Semiconductor Physics?

It makes for an entertaining bibliography to a research project.

Now seriously, let's be fair. While women may be naturally bad at math, there are other things they are good at, like semiconductor physics.

You've obviously haven't seen the Britney Spear's guide to Semiconductor Physics.
Here: http://britneyspears.ac/physics/basics/basics.htm

This shows how quantum physics can be fun when "dressed up". Well, I guess geeks just want to look at Britney's pictures anyway ~

Why do we need rap music when we already have a pop princess explaining frickin' lasers to us?

You're wrong.

Silicon is an indirect gap semiconductor . That means that the traditional methods of making light emitting devices (e.g. LEDs, the diode lasers in CD players - these things are based on compound semiconductors like GaAs and InGaAs) don't work in Si.

Previous integrated optics approaches have involved glomming III-V semiconductor lasers and photodetectors onto Si chips. This is unattractive from the engineering side for a number of reasons (cost, complexity, reliability).

Intel has figured out a way to make a Si laser based on Raman emission. The downside is that the Intel scheme still requires an external optical pump. An ideal scheme for integration would be an electrically pumped Si laser. This work is a necessary step on that road.

and here for those who actually really do care: http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.html

here's the fixed link for those who care:

http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

Geez, everything is entertainment related, with almost no educational value