Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Intel Breakthrough Creating Lasers on Chips

Article in September 18, 2006 Wall Street Journal headlined "Intel Claims Breathrough in Creating Lasers on Chips"

"Researchers at Intel Corp. and the University of California Santa Barbara, are claiming a breakthrough in creating lasers on computer chips, a development that could lead to sharp reductions in the cost of ultrafast data communications"

"The Intel and UCSB researchers added the missing light-generating capability by finding a way to glue a layer of indium phosphide, a material used in conventional lasers, to a silicon wafer"

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