From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:51:53 MST
A light-emitting diode made from silicon that efficiently
emits light at room temperature could revolutionize
communications technology.
It is the latest in a string of attempts to create a light emitter
compatible with existing silicon-based technology.
Kevin Homewood of the University of Surrey, UK,
and colleagues created the device - which could be
the precursor of a silicon laser - by bombarding silicon
with boron ions (W L Ng et al, 2001 Nature 410 192).
Much more at
http://PhysicsWeb.org/article/news/5/3/2
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