Devices with optical gain in silicon

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2005-02-22

2005-02-22

Jackson, Jerome (Department: 2815)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Thin active physical layer which is

Heterojunction

C257S013000, C257S018000, C257S021000, C257S022000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06858864

ABSTRACT:
A photonic device includes a silicon semiconductor based superlattice. The superlattice has a plurality of layers that form a plurality of repeating units. At least one of the layers in the repeating unit is an optically active layer with at least one species of rare earth ion.

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