Any Color You Like: NIST Lasers

Official U.S. government site sharing NIST science news and resources. The page explains how researchers deposit patterns of specialized materials onto silicon wafers to create photonics chips containing lasers, waveguides, filters, and switches for processing light. This advance could accelerate technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and optical atomic clocks.

🔗 Full discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47819453