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cyber science
New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And
Technologies
ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2009) — Researchers have created the tiniest
laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a
host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light
instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and
imaging.
Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to
emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible
future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir
Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
Such circuits will require a laser-light source, but current lasers
can't be made small enough
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Technologies
ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2009) — Researchers have created the tiniest
laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a
host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light
instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and
imaging.
Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to
emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible
future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir
Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
Such circuits will require a laser-light source, but current lasers
can't be made small enough
http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/in...-to-future-optical-computers-and-technologies