Researchers from Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, on Monday said they have built the world’s first electrically powered hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. This development addresses what Intel sees as one of the last major barriers to producing low-cost, high-bandwidth silicon photonics devices for use inside and around future computers and data centers. Photonics is the technology of transmission, control, storage and manipulation of information using light.
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Intel, UCSB Partner for Photonics Breakthrough
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire September 18, 2006 02:26 PMResearchers from Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, on Monday said they have built the world’s first electrically powered hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. This development addresses what Intel sees as one of the last major barriers to producing low-cost, high-bandwidth silicon photonics devices for use inside and around future computers and data centers. Photonics is the technology of transmission, control, storage and manipulation of information using light.