Eindhoven Researchers Present Revolutionary Light-Emitting Silicon (IMAGE)

Eindhoven University of Technology

Eindhoven Researchers Present Revolutionary Light-Emitting Silicon

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A look inside the Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE). This machine was used to grow nanowires with hexagonal silicon-germanium shells. The emission from this hexagonal-SiGe alloy showed to be very efficient and suitable to start producing an all-silicon laser.

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Nando Harmsen, TU/e

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