Light emission from silicon nanostructures: Past, present and future perspectives

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dal Negro, Luca ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATRIXES; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; NOVEL DEVICES; ON-CHIP OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SILICON LASER; SILICON NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON-BASED; SILICON-BASED MATERIALS; STATE OF THE ART;

ELECTRON OPTICS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

LASERS;

EID: 71049174942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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