Electronic Optic Chip breakthrough report

[Jaap van Ganswijk <ganswijk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

>"Raphael Tsu, an electrical engineering professor and Qi Zhang, a
>postdoctoral fellow, say they've successfully linked electronic and
>optical technology on the same silicon chip"
>
>Both live and work at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
>(UNCC) and say, their discovery could make chips 100.000 times faster.
>They further say, that a lot of unsuccessful experiments tried this
>before, but they have now made it. The money comes from the Naval
>Research and Army Research Office.
>
>The thing was reported by GMSV on 16 September 12:55
>(http://www.sjmercury.com) and further reading is to be found in
>SCIENCE-magazine.
>
>Frank

Does anyone know more about this?

Greetings,
Jaap