• DocumentCode
    2635772
  • Title

    Bulk silicon for photonics applications

  • Author

    Green, Martin A.

  • Author_Institution
    New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-28 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    670
  • Lastpage
    671
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548183
  • Filename
    1548183