Jun 2, 2016
Tiny lasers enable next-gen microprocessors to run faster, less power-hungry
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: electronics, energy, nanotechnology
More energy efficient, high performance microprocessors on the way.
Abstract: Tiny high-performance lasers grown directly on silicon wafers solve a decades-old semiconductor industry challenge that, until now, has held back the integration of photonics with electronics on the silicon platform,
A group of scientists from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; the University of California, Santa Barbara; Sandia National Laboratories and Harvard University were able to fabricate tiny lasers directly on silicon — a huge breakthrough for the semiconductor industry and well beyond.
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