Ever-Smaller Lasers Pave the Way for Data Highways Made of Light

Author:

RSRobert F. Service
Robert F. Service

14 May 2010

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 328 (5980) , 810-811
DOI:10.1126/science.328.5980.810
PMID:20466898

Abstract

New materials and techniques are bringing researchers close to a once-unthinkable goal: optical devices tiny enough to work hand in hand with electronic circuits.

Keywords

LASERS PAVE
SMALLER LASERS
BRINGING
MADE
CIRCUITS
TINY
OPTICAL