NANO LASERS
The complex interaction between light and nanometer structures, like wires, has possibilities as new technology for devices and sensors.
NAS researchers are studying light emission from a semiconductor nanowire-typically 10-100 nanometers wide and a few micrometers long-which functions as a laser.
Lasers made from arrays of these wires have many potential applications in communications and sensing for NASA.
The complex interaction between light and nanometer structures, like wires, has possibilities as new technology for devices and sensors.
NAS researchers are studying light emission from a semiconductor nanowire-typically 10-100 nanometers wide and a few micrometers long-which functions as a laser.
Lasers made from arrays of these wires have many potential applications in communications and sensing for NASA.
