Integrated optical light directing structures in CMOS to improve light extraction efficiency

Author

Bogalecki, Alfons W. ; Du Plessis, Monuko ; Venter, Petrus J. ; Nell, Ilse J. ; Goosen, Marius E.

Author_Institution

INSiAVA (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2010

fDate

19-22 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

168

Lastpage

171

Abstract

The directionality and external optical power of CMOS light sources was improved a factor 3.9 by implementing integrated light reflectors in an unmodified CMOS process. Implementing such reflectors successfully demonstrated a CMOS micro-display and a 350 MHz Si optical communication link.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; optical links; CMOS light sources; CMOS microdisplay; Si optical communication link; integrated light reflectors; integrated optical light directing structures; light extraction efficiency; optical power; unmodified CMOS process; CMOS integrated circuits; Integrated optics; Light sources; Metals; Optical reflection; Optical variables measurement; Silicon; CMOS external optical power; CMOS light extraction efficiency; Integrated light reflector; Si light source;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics (ICM), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-149-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2010.5696106

Filename

5696106

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2254972