• DocumentCode
    1549247
  • Title

    New light on silicon

  • Author

    Dettmer, Roger

  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/20/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    The microelectronics revolution was founded on the affinity between electrons and silicon. Here, the author reports on one company´s plans to transform the capabilities of optical circuits by the seemingly incompatible marriage of photons and silicon into low-cost integrated optoelectronic circuits
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; silicon; Si; integrated optic circuits; optoelectronic circuits; photons; silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ir:19970205
  • Filename
    586164