DocumentCode
1957639
Title
Silicon and germanium quantum well light-emitting diode
Author
Saito, Shin-ichi
Author_Institution
Central Res. Lab., Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
14-16 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
166
Lastpage
168
Abstract
I will review our attempts to develop monolithic light sources for silicon photonics. Modern silicon fabrication technology is matured enough to make light-emitting silicon and germanium quantum wells, called fins, by top-down processes.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; germanium; light emitting diodes; light sources; optical fabrication; quantum well devices; semiconductor quantum wells; silicon; Ge; Si; monolithic light sources; quantum well light-emitting diode; silicon fabrication technology; silicon photonics; top-down processes; Light emitting diodes; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; fin; quantum confinement; silicon and germanium light soruce;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
London
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8338-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053751
Filename
6053751
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