Title :
Light emission from silicon photonic crystals
Author :
Krauss, Thomas F.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of York, York, UK
Abstract :
We review some of the most promising methods for generating light in the silicon photonics context; nonlinear effects, defects, dopants and germanium alloying have all shown promise and can be enhanced using photonic crystals.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; elemental semiconductors; nonlinear optics; photonic crystals; reviews; semiconductor doping; silicon; Si; SiGe; dopants; germanium alloying; light emission; nonlinear effects; review; silicon photonic crystals; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA