Laser on Silicon

We've all become inured to unrealized promises of ubiquitous high-bandwidth data transfer. Well, here's something that might actually get us a bit closer, and might give Moore's Law a kick in the pants as well. Intel and the University of California Santa Barbara have announced a breakthrough with a technology they've been working on for a few years: indium phosphide on silicon. They have demonstrated what they're calling the "first electrically pumped hybrid silicon laser."

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