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International scientists, including a team from Heriot-Watt University, has announced plans to develop a revolutionary new way of harvesting solar energy in space. If successful, their innovative ...

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Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are unipolar quantum devices based on inter-sub-band transitions. They break the electron-hole recombination mechanism in traditional semiconductor lasers, overcome the ...