TechnologyStanford's Fingertip-Sized Chip Boosts Light 100x With Tiny Power DrawA new Stanford optical amplifier the size of a fingertip can intensify light signals 100-fold on a few hundred milliwatts — small enough to run on a battery and fit inside a smartphone.
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