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First Silicon Laser

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shiny-happy-scientists dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since the creation of the first working laser, scientists have fashioned them from substances ranging from neon to sapphire. Silicon was not considered a candidate, because its structure wouldn't allow for the proper line-up of electrons needed to get this semiconductor to emit light. That has now changed thanks to three researchers at Brown University who have created the first directly pumped silicon laser by drilling billions of holes in a small bit of silicon using a nanoscale template."

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  1. It's as if... by Abuzar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    billions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

  2. Great for the movies... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Instead of having a plain, boring ordinary laser light to flash a dot on the movie screen, now we can have a laser light that burns holes into the movie screen.

  3. Re:Yes, but what about the laser by slashname3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually this will be used for silicon laser breast implants for sharks. So not only will they have lasers on their heads but also in their bossoms. Three shots for each shark.

    Of course the real danger will be when women start getting lasers implanted in their breasts. When they say no they will really mean NO!

    Naturally most /.'ers will never have to face this problem.

  4. First things first... by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How many of these can dance on the head of a shark?

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