Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as ...

Solar cells and computer chips need silicon layers that are as perfect as possible. Every imperfection in the crystalline structure increases the risk of reduced efficiency or defective switching ...

Lasers that are fabricated directly onto silicon photonic chips offer several advantages over external laser sources, such as ...

Roughly 90,000 people left Silicon Valley during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual report that found a slowing "exodus." ...

Researchers have now developed an efficient technique for integrating quantum dot lasers within silicon chiplets for scalable ...

Monolithically integrated lasers on silicon photonics enable scalable, foundry-compatible production for data communications applications. However, material mismatches in heteroepitaxial systems and ...

Defects in insulators can have a highly detrimental impact on the performance of semiconductor devices. The study of defect formation in these amorphous insulating materials is a computationally ...