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Silicon photonics

Silicon Raman lasers

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The increased use of optoelectronic devicessuch as TV screens and computer monitors in everyday life, calls for a material on which integration of all circuits may be performed. Silicon, the most widely used material in electronics, has limited application in optoelectronics due to its poor light emission property. In this article, the need for silicon photonics in present day ICs, and communication, the reason for its inefficient light emission, and recent breakthrough in the form of Si Raman laser are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata, 700 009, India

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P K Basu is a professor and the coordinator of the Centre of Advanced Study in Radio Physics and Electronics. His research interests are semiconductor physics, devices, photonics, optical communication, nanoelectronics and nanophotonics

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Basu, P.K. Silicon photonics. Reson 12, 37–46 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-007-0103-5

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