Let there be light

被引:82
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Ball, P
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10.1038/35059301
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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 ;
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A silicon laser would revolutionize telecommunications, electronics and computing. Squeezing light out of silicon is no easy task, but Philip Ball discovers that researchers are becoming more optimistic about its light-emitting abilities.
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页码:974 / 976
页数:3
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