The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan, in collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony), has developed the world's first practical ...

- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...

In a significant advance for impactful technologies such as quantum optics and laser displays for AR/VR, Columbia Engineering’s Lipson Nanophotonics Group has invented what it calls “the first tunable ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a novel method for rapidly creating laser light sources in large quantities using an inkjet printer that ejects laser-emitting droplets.

Researchers have developed an innovative method for rapidly creating laser light sources in large quantities using an inkjet printer that ejects laser-emitting droplets. By applying an electric field ...

Quantum dots with precise crystal growth and advanced processing enable compact, energy-efficient, and cost-effective light sources for optical fiber communications. (Nanowerk News) The National ...

Since its inception, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of Edge-Emitting Laser (EEL) has been continuously breaking records, achieving a historic high efficiency of 85% at -50°C in 2006. Following ...

A French-Japanese collaboration has just developed an organic ultraviolet (UV) laser emitting at a record wavelength of 358.5 nanometers, the shortest ever achieved for this type of device. This ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works at room temperature, using a buried layer of glass-like material instead of ...

Optical technology is well established for long-haul communications, but the distances it serves are shrinking — especially in the data center. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) already ...