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Engineers Report Breakthrough in Laser Beam Technology
New York Times ^
| 2005-10-26
| JOHN MARKOFF
Posted on 10/26/2005 1:26:57 PM PDT by sourcery
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 - A team of Stanford electrical engineers has discovered how to modulate, or switch on and off, a beam of laser light up to a 100 billion times a second with materials that are widely used in the semiconductor industry.
The group used a standard chip-making process to design a key component of optical networking gear potentially more than 10 times faster than the highest-performance commercial products available today.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: laser; network; science; technology
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:26:57 PM PDT
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sourcery
To: AntiGuv; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; phatoldphart
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:27:23 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Givernment: The way the average voter spells "government.")
To: sourcery
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:28:09 PM PDT
by
rscientist
(Yea, I am a rocket scientist. My wife says that she is still not impressed.)
To: sourcery
as with any major bearkthrough in tehcnology, the obvious questions is how can this new development be used to help mankind, specifically how will this help the porn industry /half-sarcsam-off
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:30:22 PM PDT
by
pikachu
(You're unique and special -- just like everyone else.)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: sourcery
Can the laser beam be attached to shark heads?
Dr. Evil
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:35:38 PM PDT
by
Bulldaddy
("Vote for me and all your wildest dreams will come true" - Pedro Sanchez)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: sourcery
100 GHz processors, coming up.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:36:25 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: pikachu
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:37:20 PM PDT
by
cowtowney
To: sourcery
100 billion times a second?
Hell thats nothing, my wife's moods change faster than that.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:38:25 PM PDT
by
Graycliff
(Long haired freaky people, need not apply.)
To: bobbdobbs
how will this help the porn industryCan a virtual reality sex suit be far off?
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:38:28 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Imagine No Possessions -- It's easy if you have $200 million.)
To: sourcery
Can they make lightsabers yet?
To: sourcery
Now we just have to refine optical fibers to the point where they can handle the data rate.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:38:58 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: Cboldt
"100 GHz processors, coming up."
More like terrabit Ethernet of optical fibre coming up.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:39:02 PM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
("Now therefore kill every male among the little ones" - Numbers 31:17)
To: SirKit
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:39:30 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Moral Hazard
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:39:31 PM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
("Now therefore kill every male among the little ones" - Numbers 31:17)
To: Moral Hazard
More like terrabit Ethernet or optical fibre coming up.If the wavelength can be modulated at the same time, we have some significant bandwidth opportunities. Otherwise, dispersion at this rate would be monstrous.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:43:00 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: sourcery
Just more use of the technology picked up from the Roswell Crash Site.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:47:25 PM PDT
by
vetvetdoug
(Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Brices Crossroads, Harrisburg, Britton Lane, Holly Springs, Hatchie Bridge,)
To: sourcery
A team of Stanford electrical engineers has discovered how to modulate, or switch on and off, a beam of laser light up to a 100 billion times a second...I need this in my house.
Nobody there seems to know how to turn off a light once a day.
To: pikachu
as with any major bearkthrough in tehcnology, the obvious questions is how can this new development be used to help mankind, specifically how will this help the porn industry /half-sarcsam-offYou win the "gut laugh of the day award"!
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10/26/2005 1:49:14 PM PDT
by
kipita
(Conservatives: Freedom and Responsibility………Liberals: Freedom from Responsibility)
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