OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2012. We have achieved the world's highest level of reliability in the vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) functioning at 10 Gbps (10 gigabits per second; a gigabit is one billion bits) for supercomputers and data centers.(Note 1) The latest version of the VCSEL has also achieved the world's highest level of low-electricity-consumption operation. Aside from its high reliability, the low-electricity-consumption laser contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and is expected to spur the introduction of optical interconnections within supercomputers or data centers (Note 2). Applying the technologies accumulated in long-distance communication, our contribution will expand to the field of computers, more specifically an innovative shift from electronics to photonics.

The high-speed, low-electricity-consumption operation has been evaluated by IBM Research - Tokyo, and has been reported at numerous international conferences.