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Milestone Hit in Optical Silicon Project

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Translucent Inc., a silicon electronics and photonics semiconductor company, announced it has achieved a major milestone in its quest to develop advanced silicon-based photonics devices. Translucent says the achievement involves the demonstration of electroluminescence (EL) at room temperature in a form of silicon that is compatible both with the mass-produced silicon chips of today and the silicon electronics technology nodes of the future. “Demonstration of electroluminescence at telecommunication wavelengths and room temperature in this new class of...Read full article

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    Published: December 2005
    Glossary
    chip
    1. A localized fracture at the end of a cleaved optical fiber or on a glass surface. 2. An integrated circuit.
    electroluminescence
    The nonthermal conversion of electrical energy into light in a liquid or solid substance. The photon emission resulting from electron-hole recombination in a PN junction is one example. This is the mechanism employed by the injection laser.
    electronics
    That branch of science involved in the study and utilization of the motion, emissions and behaviors of currents of electrical energy flowing through gases, vacuums, semiconductors and conductors, not to be confused with electrics, which deals primarily with the conduction of large currents of electricity through metals.
    optical
    Pertaining to optics and the phenomena of light.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    translucent
    Pertaining to materials having the property of reflecting a part and transmitting a part of the incident radiation.
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