title: Light emission in silicon from carbon nanotubes.
abstract: The use of optics in microelectronic circuits to overcome the limitation of metallic interconnects is more and more considered as a viable solution. Among future silicon compatible materials, carbon nanotubes are promising candidates thanks to their ability to emit, modulate, and detect light in the wavelength range of silicon transparency. We report the first integration of carbon nanotubes with silicon waveguides, successfully coupling their emission and absorption properties. A complete study of this coupling between carbon nanotubes and silicon waveguides was carried out, which led to the demonstration of the temperature-independent emission from carbon nanotubes in silicon at a wavelength of 1.3 μm. This represents the first milestone in the development of photonics based on carbon nanotubes on silicon.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, CNRS-UMR 8622, Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gaufrès
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izard
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noury
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Le Roux
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rasigade
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vivien