Toward optical chips: Promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Chips that use light, rather than electricity, to move data would consume much less power -- and energy efficiency is a growing concern as chips' transistor counts rise. Scientists have developed a new technique for building MoS2 light emitters tuned to different frequencies, an essential requirement for optoelectronic chips. Since thin films of material can also be patterned onto sheets of plastic, the same work could point toward thin, flexible, bright, color displays.