"...'It will do the same to the world of optoelectronics like what transistors did to the world of electronics. The potential applications are essentially limitless,' - Gabriel Walter "
...it was cost-efficient to make and its implementation was "as effortless as the light bulb".
"It will introduce a pricing pressure and impact not seen before in the data communication and consumer electronic market.
"And for some fibre optic implementations, the LEDs consume 90 per cent less power compared to existing optical solutions," he said in a media release today.
He said the high-speed LEDs would enable a new class of cost-competitive "green" products that were not only environmentally fiendly but aesthetically pleasing as well.
"Those thick ugly cables that usually come with your high-definition television and monitors will be things of the past," he said.
The research was funded by an agency under the United States Department of Defence for the development of new technology for use by the US military. - more
