Light Emitting Silicon for Microphotonics

• Main Authors: Ossicini, Stefano (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pavesi, Lorenzo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Priolo, Francesco (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 194
• Subjects: Physics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Physics, general.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

This book gives a fascinating report on the state-of-the-art in silicon microphotonics and valuable perspective on what we can expect in the near future. The book presents an overview of the current understanding of obtaining light from silicon. It concentrates mainly on low-dimensional silicon stru...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Fundamental Aspects
• Electron States and Optical Properties in Confined Silicon Structures
• Porous Silicon
• Silicon Nanostructures: Wells, Wires, and Dots
• Light Emission of Er3+ in Silicon
• Silicon Based Photonic Crystals
• Conclusions and Future Outlook.