Future Trends in Microelectronics: From Nanophotonics to Sensors to Energy

Part I

Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics

1 Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics

Optoelectronics – an artful expansion of the electron degree of freedom to the mating of electrons with photons continued to be a major theme of discussion at the FTM-6 gathering. With a focus initially on fiber-optics technologies at the first FTM in anticipation of the ensuing leaps in telecom systems, the discussions have reached further and wider. FTM workshops always covered the persistent efforts on solar cells and photonic crystals, long before they became fashionable, but now the discussions featured a notable emphasis on nanophotonics. At the meeting, the projections of fascinating trends ranging from the very large scale (wall-sized) photovoltaics to the very localized photon traps in 3D photonic crystal optical chips and the very efficient light emitting diodes were presented by Mark Pinto, Sajeev John, Claude Weisbuch, and others. In this chapter, nanophotonics in optical interconnects and communications, sub-wavelength resonators, quantum-box and quantum-well light sources are featured.

Contributors

1.1   Y. Fainman

1.2   Djafar K. Mynbaev

1.3   N. N. Ledentsov

1.4   D. Botez, G. Tsvid, M. D’Souza, J. С Shin, Z. Liu, J. H. Park, J. Kirch, L. J. Mawst, M. Rathi, T. F. Kuech, I. Vurgaftman, J. Meyer, J. Plant, G. Turner, and P. Zory

1.5   L. Shterengas, G. Kipshidze, T. Hosoda, and G. Belenky

1.6   J. Faist, C. Walther, M. Amanti, G. Scalari, M. Fischer, and M. Beck

1.7   A. A. Anappara, L. ...