Title :
Bulk silicon for photonics applications
Author :
Green, Martin A.
Author_Institution :
New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This study explores possibilities for integrating silicon light emitters into high-density microelectronic circuits. Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates seem most suitable for this application, due to the optical confinement provided by the buried-oxide layer.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; light emitting devices; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; bulk silicon; buried-oxide layer; high-density microelectronic circuits; optical confinement; photonics applications; silicon light emitter integration; silicon-on-insulator substrates; Etching; Fabrication; Light emitting diodes; Lighting control; Photonics; Radiative recombination; Silicon; Stark effect; Stimulated emission; Thickness control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548183
