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UCLA Researchers Demo First Silicon Laser

Posted by timothy on from the perfect-for-self-destruct-switches dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Researchers at University of California, LA have demonstrated the first silicon laser. The lack of a silicon laser has been a major roadblock in the progress of silicon optoelectronics and photonics. This development shows that despite popular belief, a laser can indeed be made on a silicon chip. Modern electronic computers are getting closer to being optical in any case (gigahertz range). This discovery makes optical computers much closer to reality."

2 of 26 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No cooling? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Their using Pentium 4 heatsinks

    "They're".

  2. Re:Low repetition rate and external pumping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In this work they didn't even do that good

    "that well".