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III-V on silicon
Integration of compound semiconductor gain material onto a silicon photonic wafer, by wafer bonding, die bonding or epitaxial growth, so that lasers and amplifiers sit on a chip silicon cannot make itself.
- Also known as
- Heterogeneous integration, III-V/Si hybrid
- Type
- Technology
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Silicon photonics
Notes
Silicon's indirect bandgap makes it a poor light emitter, which is the central gap this approach fills.
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