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Birth of electro-optical nanodiodes
Researchers from C2N, in collaboration with STMicroelectronics and Paris-Diderot University, have designed and manufactured silicon-based integrated laser nanodiodes that are able to transfer optical electrical information very efficiently within a chip. These resultsd have been published in Nature Photonics. …
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Primary thermometry triad at 6 mK in mesoscopic circuits
Quantum physics emerge and develop as temperature is reduced. Although mesoscopic electrical circuits constitute an outstanding platform to explore quantum behaviour, the challenge in cooling the electrons impedes their potential. The strong coupling of such micrometre-scale devices with the …
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Microdisk lasers on silicon operating in deep ultraviolet
References: Deep-UV nitride-on-silicon microdisk lasers, J. Sellés, C. Brimont, G. Cassabois, P. Valvin, T. Guillet, I. Roland, Y. Zeng, X. Checoury, P. Boucaud, M. Mexis, F. Semond & B. Gayral Scientific Reports (2016) / DOI : https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21650 …
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Efficient light trapping in ultrathin silicon solar cells
Ultrathin c-Si solar cells have the potential to drastically reduce costs by saving raw material, while maintaining good efficiencies thanks to the excellent quality of monocrystalline silicon. However, efficient light trapping strategies must be implemented to achieve high short-circuit …
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Bi-periodic nanostructured waveguides for wavelength-selectivity of hybrid photonic devices
A bi-periodic nanostructuration consisting of a super-periodicity added to a nanohole lattice of sub-wavelength pitch is demonstrated to provide both modal confinement and wavelength selectivity within a hybrid III-V on Silicon waveguide. The wavelength selective behavior stems from finely-tuned …
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