Virus Sized Lazers

[Lazerbeak]

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=26902.php

Researchers at Northwestern University have now found a way to manufacture single laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and that operate at room temperature. They show that subdiffraction nanoresonators based on metallic bowties, when coupled to a gain material, can generate coherent and directional light emission.

Well don't this just beat all :thinking:

~ LB

 

[mdubbicus]

Woah, that's pretty crazy. :thinking: Talk about tiny, imagine trying to build one of those things. :banghead:
WTG ~LB. Nice find. +1

 

[Lazerbeak]

Lol, I know Thanks!

Would be cool to take out some viruses with it :lasergun:

~ LB

 

[Leodahsan]

NO NO... you're taking it wrong...
Imagine a billion of that, packaged as a 5.6mm laser diode.

The worlds best multimode?

 

[Lazerbeak]

Lol Leo ,I can just imagine nanotech LPF'ers overdriving their diodes too :crackup: Who's got an electron microscope?

~ LB

 

[mdubbicus]

Nice,
I was thinking more like how many would it take to make 1W L.A.S.E.R.? Lol- :crackup:

And ~ LB, idk if an electron microscope would work since it uses a particle beam of electrons to illuminate a specimen and create a highly magnified image think it might over power the lasers emissions, probably have to use a scanning tunnel or atomic force microscope which would make it even that much harder.

:lasergun:

 

[Lazerbeak]

Great $20k + AFM Workshop - Purchase

GB?

~ LB

 

[scumbagatheist]

Woah, that's pretty crazy. :thinking: Talk about tiny, imagine trying to build one of those things. :banghead:
WTG ~LB. Nice find. +1

I'm sure Blord is already on this. :crackup:

 

[Lazerbeak]

Thanks SBA :beer:

I know, always has to be the first

~ LB

 

[mdubbicus]

I'm sure Blord is already on this. :crackup:

Lol - Nice SBA,
But, they've probably got Blord and a couple other members here on speed dial, consulting on hows to go abouts making these. JK, Lol-

 

[Leodahsan]

Lol Leo ,I can just imagine nanotech LPF'ers overdriving their diodes too :crackup: Who's got an electron microscope?

~ LB

GB FEELER: 1W XRAY NANO LASERDIODES $100 SHIPPED!!!

LOL. :crackup:

 

[Lazerbeak]

I'm in for 2! Hopefully someone can work out a deal Drat now we need a Nano sized host

~ LB

 

[tonyt]

GB FEELER: 1W XRAY NANO LASERDIODES $100 SHIPPED!!!

LOL. :crackup:

Put me down for 10 :yh:

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Just wait until the year after Dave gets one. Then the price will be reasonable.

 

[cheech226]

good bb!

 

[Just4FunReally]

Nice find. I wonder how long it'll be before someone uses one of these in a build just to say that they have. It wouldn't surprise me in the least.

+1 Nice find.