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Evanescent Lasers to Speed Up Data Transmission
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) have built the world's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser. But what is an 'evanescent' laser? It is a step toward 'combining lasers and other key optical components with the existing electronic capabilities in silicon.' In other words, this research work will provide a way to integrate optical and electronic functions on a single chip. As these evanescent lasers can produce stable short pulses of laser light, they will be useful for many optical applications, such as high-speed data transmission or highly accurate optical clocks."
evanescent laser? Does it imbue people with emo powers?
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of how they can see into that annoying womans' eyes like open doors.
With freakin' lasers.
Also, cue the shark comments!
Hey, that's a great idea. I sure know I could use an effervescent laser after downing a big smothered beef and bean burrito with extra beans. This'll be the best invention since, well, smothered beef and bean burritos!
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...welcome our heaven-sent lasers.
And you will, too, if you know what's good for you.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
. . .and I'm not helping: I won a spelling bee by spelling "evanescent" correctly in seventh or eighth grade. I didn't know what it meant 'til later, but I figured out how to spell it.
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
Yea I read effervescent as well. For a moment I thought the article was about researchers who had managed to genetically engineer sharks to live in soda.
I hate printers.
The least you could do would be to attribute this to http://www.xkcd.com/
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