If you’re looking for an ultra-fast computer that can handle copious amounts of gaming, streaming, and all your other digital needs without breaking a sweat, you may need to get ahold of an infrared ...

Optical image of a fully-packaged hybrid integrated erbium-laser based on silicon nitride photonic integrated circuit, providing fiber-laser coherence and previously unachievable frequency tunability.

Physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a small laser that produces exceptionally bright, brief pulses of light in a valuable yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laser-like light that spans a wide range of frequencies is a powerful tool for science and industry. From semiconductor chip ...

With a single leap from tabletop to the microscale, engineers have produced the world's first practical Titanium-sapphire laser on a chip, democratizing a once-exclusive technology. As lasers go, ...

Researchers have now developed an efficient technique for integrating quantum dot lasers within silicon chiplets for scalable practical applications. Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon ...

The rapid rise of photonic chips, which use light to process data instead of electrons, may offer faster means to transmit data. But scaling such chips has been held back by one stubborn issue: ...