New Laser Tech Beefs Up DVDs and Kills Viruses
RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 12, 2011 — Imagine a laser technology that could do everything from kill viruses to increase storage capacity of DVDs. Now a team from the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, has made a discovery about semiconductor nanowire laser technology that can do just that.
Ultraviolet semiconductor diode lasers are widely used in data processing, information storage and biology. Their applications have been limited, however, by size, cost and power. The current...