Light Emission in Silicon from Carbon Nanotubes

The use of optics in microelectronic circuits to overcome the limitation of metallic interconnects is more and more considered as a viable solution. Among future silicon compatible materials, carbon nanotubes are promising candidates thanks to their ability to emit, modulate, and detect light in the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inACS nano Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 3813 - 3819
Main Authors Gaufrès, Etienne, Izard, Nicolas, Noury, Adrien, Le Roux, Xavier, Rasigade, Gilles, Beck, Alexandre, Vivien, Laurent
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 22.05.2012
Subjects
Carbon nanotubes
Circuits
Compatibility
Emission
Joining
Light emission
Silicon
Waveguides
Wavelengths
silicon
photoluminescence
nanotube
photonics
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:The use of optics in microelectronic circuits to overcome the limitation of metallic interconnects is more and more considered as a viable solution. Among future silicon compatible materials, carbon nanotubes are promising candidates thanks to their ability to emit, modulate, and detect light in the wavelength range of silicon transparency. We report the first integration of carbon nanotubes with silicon waveguides, successfully coupling their emission and absorption properties. A complete study of this coupling between carbon nanotubes and silicon waveguides was carried out, which led to the demonstration of the temperature-independent emission from carbon nanotubes in silicon at a wavelength of 1.3 μm. This represents the first milestone in the development of photonics based on carbon nanotubes on silicon.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1936-0851
1936-086X
DOI:10.1021/nn204924n