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Light on silicon better than copper? |
October 22, 2010
As good as copper has been in zipping information from one circuit to another on silicon inside computers and other electronic devices, optical signals can carry much more, according to electrical engineers. So the engineers have designed and demonstrated microscopically small lasers integrated with thin film-light guides on silicon that could replace the copper in a host of electronic products.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101021113010.htm
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