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Researchers at UC-Santa Barbara have built the world's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser

Researchers at UC-Santa Barbara have announced they have built the world's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser, a significant step toward combining lasers and other key optical components with the existing electronic capabilities in silicon. The research will be reported in the Sept. 3 issue of Optics Express, and is published online today.

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