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Built-in Germanium Lasers could make Computer Chips faster
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) researchers have investigated the mechanisms necessary for enabling the semiconductor Germanium to emit laser light. As a laser material, Germanium together with Silicon could form the basis for innovative computer chips in which information would be transferred partially in the form of light. This technology would revolutionise data streaming within chips and give a boost to the performance of electronics.
New Insights into Superconducting Materials
A new X-ray technique provides insights into the magnetic properties of atomically thin layers of a parent compound of a high-temperature superconductor. It turns out that the magnetic properties of material films which are only a few atoms thick differ by only a surprisingly small degree from those of macroscopically thick samples. In the future, this method can be used to study the processes occurring in very thin layers of superconductors and help us to understand this intriguing phenomenon.
Erschliessungsarbeiten für den SwissFEL starten
Am 3. September 2012 starten die Erschliessungsarbeiten zur neuen Grossforschungsanlage SwissFEL des Paul Scherrer Instituts. Mit ihnen wird die für den SwissFEL notwendige Anbindung an die vorhandene PSI-Infrastruktur hergestellt.This news release is only available in German.