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Will silicon be the photonic material of the third millenium? *

2003; IOP Publishing; Volume: 15; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0953-8984/15/26/201

1361-648X

Lorenzo Pavesi,

Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

Silicon microphotonics, a technology which merges photonics and silicon microelectronic components, is rapidly evolving. Many different fields of application are emerging: transceiver modules for optical communication systems, optical bus systems for ULSI circuits, I/O stages for SOC, displays, .... In this review I will give a brief motivation for silicon microphotonics and try to give the state-of-the-art of this technology. The ingredient still lacking is the silicon laser: a review of the various approaches will be presented. Finally, I will try to draw some conclusions where silicon is predicted to be the material to achieve a full integration of electronic and optical devices.