What is a digital Laser ?

[KalleP]

Here is a paper they wrote that has a reasonable amount of detail.

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.4760.pdf

Below is layout diagram from the paper just to spice up the thread here :-)



Kalle
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Johannesburg, South Africa

[dnar]

Isn't "digital laser" just a fancy way of saying TEM10?

[shabidoo]

Hi All,
there is a guy here in South Africa claiming he has invented the worlds first digital laser. Can anybody elaborate ?

According to a BBC report each laser is static with only one set output (not quite) while a digital laser can modify the output in millions of different forms (using a material that can be slightly modified rather than a fixed mirror). Used in broadband it could allow much more data to be sent over a line as the quantity of different values is immense. At least according to the BBC's simplified report.