MICROSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS FOR HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION-PROCESSING

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GOURLEY, PL
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[1] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
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10.1038/371571a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The technology to generate laser light from semiconductor microstructures is developing rapidly. New techniques for epitaxial growth and surface processing allow great flexibility in laser architecture. Highly efficient lasers with submicrometre dimensions, operating independently or packed together in dense two-dimensional arrays, will soon be used for transmitting, storing and manipulating information with unprecedented speed.
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