Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at McMaster University - Arizona ...
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Silicon Photonics – The Giga Challenge<br />
• Si-based light sources<br />
Electrically pumped<br />
• Lasers, LEDs<br />
• Bulk Si - indirect b<strong>and</strong>gap<br />
e-h recombin<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Phonon medi<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
• Slow<br />
Competing processes<br />
• Auger process<br />
• Free carrier absorption