College of Science

Physics alum leads breakthrough accomplishment at Intel

In a paper published February 17 by the prestigious scientific journal Nature, Intel researchers disclosed the development of the first continuous wave all-silicon laser using a physical property called the Raman Effect. They built the experimental device using Intel's existing standard CMOS high-volume manufacturing processes. This is the third silicon photonics paper Intel has published in Nature in the past year, beginning with the modulator breakthrough in February 2004.  Mario Paniccia, director of Intel's optical technology department and leader of the Intel team that developed the continuous wave all-silicon laser, received his doctorate in Physics from Purdue in 1994.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/16/intel.laser.reut/index.html

 

March 2005