Scientists shrink ultrafast lasers onto tiny photonic chips using overlooked architecture
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Roland Moore-Colyer
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Researchers at EPFL have achieved a breakthrough by fitting ultrafast lasers onto tiny photonic chips using a decades-old, overlooked laser architecture. This development could make large, costly ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller and more affordable, enabling portable imaging, diagnostic, and information-processing devices. The innovation uses light rather than electricity for computing operations, potentially revolutionizing fields that require high-precision laser technology.
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bskyScientists shrink ultrafast lasers onto tiny photonic chips using overlooked architecturelivescience.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledA breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.
By using a decades-old overlooked laser architecture, scientists managed to fit an ultrafast laser onto a tiny photonic chip — a chip that uses light, rather than electricity, for computing operations.
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