Intel makes laser breakthrough
Agencies, Feb 18, 2005.
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Intel Corp. announced its creation of what it called a "fundamental breakthrough" --the first continuous laser beam using standard silicon manufacturing processes that may signify advances in communications and medicine.
Researchers from Intel Corp. have created the first continuous laser beam using silicon components, a development the chip maker called a major scientific breakthrough that could herald significant advances in communications and medicine.
Such a laser could make high-bandwidth, light-based communication feasible for not only the connections between computers but also the links between components inside PCs. It also could slash the cost of lasers used in defense, medicine and other industries.
"Fundamentally, we have demonstrated for the first time that standard silicon can be used to build devices that amplify light," Mario Paniccia, director, Intel's Photonics Technology Lab, said in a statmement on Intel's Website. "The use of high-quality photonic devices has been limited because they are expensive to manufacture, assemble and package. This research is a major step toward bringing the benefits of low-cost, high-bandwidth silicon based optical devices to the mass market."
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