First Silicon Laser

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 21, 2005 @11:41AM 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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ahh! by 42Penguins · 2005-11-21 11:43 · Score: 0, Redundant

"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

Obviously nothing to see, with my eyes being burned out by a shark with a frickin silicon laser!
Yes, but what about the laser by pookemon · 2005-11-21 11:53 · Score: 0, Redundant

Great, they've produced a laser from silicon - but what use is it? Anyone have a link to any info on the properties of the laser? Is it a blue laser, Infra red, a plain ol' red laser that everyone has in their DVD/CD player (or pocket)?

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