Silicon is Earth’s second most common material and scientists want to use it to grow super affordable lasers

Researchers at Imec have found a way to grow lasers directly on siliconImec’s lasers use gallium arsenide, a material that doesn’t naturally bond with siliconThis breakthrough could lower costs and…

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An optical solution to encryption could revolutionize security globally but the lasers powering it are still bulky and expensive

High-power lasers and ethanol create scrambled holograms to encrypt dataAI was trained to decrypt the data with 90-95% accuracyThe optical encryption tech won't hit the market soon as some shortcomings…

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