Cooler Silicon Lasers Via Energy Harvesting

Light Licker writes "UCLA researchers have developed a way to cut power use and heat output from a silicon laser used for optoelectronics. Both have been problems because silicon absorbs too much light — producing high-energy free electrons that make heat. One of Intel's best silicon lasers produced 125 times more heat than usable light. The UCLA team added a diode to their laser which can harvest free electrons and use them to help power the circuit — simultaneously cutting heat output and power use."

Jeez, a little diode?

[Corpuscavernosa]

You'd think Intel would know that Radio Shack carries a wide variety...

True, they have like 2 toggle switches...

[Corpuscavernosa]

True, I haven't been there in awhile...

From the Onion: Even CEO Can't Figure Out How Radio Shack Still In Business [theonion.com]

Re:Oblig.

[LordEd]

Look, its simple. If its an article about lasers, the oblig comment will involve how a cooler laser will make the shark more comfortable, not the overlords comment. The overlords comment is better saved for when somebody actually develops the shark-carrying robots that will destroy us all (using the 1,2,3:??,4:profit! model, of course).

Re:"Wide variety"

[Anonymous Coward]

"You've got questions, we've got Blank Stares"

Or "You've got questions, we've got batteries".