Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a new high-performance mirror that could dramatically improve the design and efficiency of the next generation of devices relying upon laser optics, including high-definition DVD players, computer circuits and laser printers, according to a story in UCBerkeleyNews.
The story adds: “The new mirror packs the same 99.9 percent reflective punch as current high-grade mirrors, called distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs), but it does so in a package that is at least 20 times thinner, functional in a considerably wider spectrum of light frequencies, and easier to manufacture.”
The technology could be useful for wavelength tunable lasers, which are used in broadband communications.
Full story here.
Linda Leung, lleung@nww.com
