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$ R2 P: F4 ~9 D5 b0 R2 V, [) I7 y HThis is scientific american's 60 second science. I am Steve Mersky. Got a minute:& Y, P; e' w) d, T
Lasers( N9 h. |3 ~1 ~4 P9 @. _! U, g1 |, H
Doctor Eveal wanted lasers could amount on shark's heads to get all this on powers. But this week researchers announced the creations of lasers on little chips or rather chip lasers.
7 U$ w7 l! ^4 J9 U! S6 zSilicon, the familiar staff of chips can direct light, and some compound such as Indian fasfine killing midnight when exact some voltage.
* i& k; p- \* l8 U4 w: [- pNow scientiests say Intel and the University of California San Barbara have made the chip that combines the
5 q3 F B. d/ N0 J3 C0 J9 Gattributes of the two materials to produce continuous laser light.: o2 f9 l8 W- C! L7 N" \$ h- q
A little voltage gets the indian fasfine to a midlight, which then travels down past detected by silicon wave guides.
. l# B; b) z" C# ~% ~, ?The laser light can then drive other electronics.
) r R, }/ {. D8 p5 fThe laser chip is cheap too because they can be made with conventional silicon chip manufacturing techniques.
- b+ G$ b" }$ x& E7 w6 m: `The hope is that the new chips could make future computers' way faster than today's, because they will rely on 3 s B3 G$ h- e. ?: I1 ^
optical data flows that will transfer information from what would be a fire holes compared to today's electronic 6 y) Z" t& y1 j% W- E: F
trickles.
+ V# m; m' h) k' L0 F: GThe new technology could also reduce the cost of fibriotic communicaions.
7 n& M6 w. H5 c2 oThanks for the minute for the scientific american's 60 second science. I am Steve Mersky.