Publication

2012 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

125,000 words, Guess

Page Count

500 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789401001496
  • ISBN-109401001499
  • Better World Books9789401001496
  • Open LibraryOL37424452M

Classifications

  • LCCQC630-648

Description

Silicon, the leading material in microelectronics during the last four decades, also promises to be the key material in the future. Despite many claims that silicon technology has reached fundamental limits, the performance of silicon microelectronics continues to improve steadily. The same holds for almost all the applications for which Si was considered to be unsuitable. The main exception to this positive trend is the silicon laser, which has not been demonstrated to date. The main reason for this comes from a fundamental limitation related to the indirect nature of the Si band-gap. In the recent past, many different approaches have been taken to achieve this goal: dislocated silicon, extremely pure silicon, silicon nanocrystals, porous silicon, Er doped Si-Ge, SiGe alloys and multiquantum wells, SiGe quantum dots, SiGe quantum cascade structures, shallow impurity centers in silicon and Er doped silicon. All of these are abundantly illustrated in the present book.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Towards the First Silicon LaserSpringer2012

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