Considerable effort is being expended on the development of efficient silicon light-emitting
devices compatible with silicon-based integrated circuit technology. Although several …

MICROELECTRONIC device integration has progressed to the point where
complete'systems-on-a-chip'have been realized1–3. Now that optoelectronics is becoming …

There is an urgent requirement for an optical emitter that is compatible with standard, silicon-
based ultra-large-scale integration (ULSI) technology. Bulk silicon has an indirect energy …

The possibility induction of light emission from silicon, an indirect bandgap material in which
radiative transitions are unlikely, raises several interesting and technologically important …

Research on efficient light emission from silicon devices is moving toward leading-edge
advances in components for nano-optoelectronics and related areas. A silicon laser is being …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses a number of diverse approaches for engineering
efficient light emission in silicon. These different approaches are placed in context and their …

Adding optical functionality to a silicon microelectronic chip is one of the most challenging
problems of materials research. Silicon is an indirect-bandgap semiconductor and so is an …

PHOTONIC devices are becoming increasingly important in information and communication
technologies. But attempts to integrate photonics with silicon-based microelectronics are …

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Although silicon has long been the material of choice for most microelectronic applications, it
is a poor emitter of light (a consequence of having an 'indirect'bandgap), so hampering the …