Cel "This project is a six year programme of work to develop fully integrated optical emitters, lasers and optical amplifiers in silicon. Recent years have seen tremendous advances in the development of silicon photonic devices. However, the last hurdle to full silicon photonic systems and optical data transfer on and between integrated circuits are electrically pumped optical amplifiers and lasers in silicon using a CMOS compatible technology. Consequently, there have been massive efforts worldwide to search for efficient light emission from silicon. Our team made a major initial breakthrough producing the first LED in bulk silicon - published in NATURE (1997). Although a world first, this device only operated efficiently at low temperatures. This problem was solved using a new nanotechnology - dislocation engineering - reported in NATURE (2001) - and crucially uses only conventional CMOS technology. The development of this into a silicon injection laser and optical amplifiers is the essential next step for high technology high value applications. We have recently made a further breakthrough by obtaining extraordinary optical gain in erbium doped silicon that now offers a realistic route to this goal. Currently the incorporation of lasers and amplifiers on silicon platforms can only be achieved hybridizations of active devices based on III-V materials ""pasted"" on to silicon waveguides and cavities. Gain has been reported using four-wave-mixing and Intel has recently demonstrated a Raman laser in silicon but both rely on purely optical-to-optical transitions and are fundamentally unable to be electrically pumped. We believe we have the only route that has the potential to produce electrically pumped amplifiers and lasers with room and higher temperature operation and that is capable of genuinely being fully integrated into silicon using standard silicon process technology." Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologynanotechnologynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Słowa kluczowe CMOS technology dislocation engineering erbium laser light emitting diodes luminescence optical amplifier photonics room temperature silicon Program(-y) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) ERC-AG-PE7 - ERC Advanced Grant - Systems and communication engineering Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2008-AdG Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Instytucja przyjmująca UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Wkład UE € 1 928 020,80 Adres Stag Hill GU2 7XH Guildford Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Sue Angulatta (Ms.) Kierownik naukowy Kevin Peter Homewood (Prof.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE € 1 928 020,80 Adres Stag Hill GU2 7XH Guildford Zobacz na mapie Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Sue Angulatta (Ms.) Kierownik naukowy Kevin Peter Homewood (Prof.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
