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Evanescent Lasers to Speed Up Data Transmission

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

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."

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  1. Evanescent by AJWM · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Wail, wail, wail. Evanescent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut", set disk wicket woof.

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  2. intel, I mean by Verte · · Score: 5, Informative

    and here is the site for their research: http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/Tera-Scale/ 1419.htm

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  3. Re:Interesting... by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 2, Informative

    Roland gets financially compensated for his spam. Always has...