Silicon light-emitting device and method for the production thereof
AssigneeCommissariat A L' Energie Atomique
InventorsJean-Louis Pautrat, Hélène Ulmer, Noël Magnea, Emmanuel Hadji
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Abstract
The invention concerns a light emitting and guiding device comprising at least one active region (22) in silicon and the means for creating photons in the said active region. In accordance with the invention, the means for creating the photons comprise a diode (22c, 22d) formed in the active region. In addition, the device includes the means for confining the carriers injected by the diode, and the silicon in the active region is mono-crystalline.
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Light emitting and guiding device comprising at least one active region (22) in silicon and the means for creating photons in the said active region, whereby the means for creating the photons comprises a diode (22c, 22d) formed in the active region, whereby the device comprises the means for confining, with a first and a second insulator layers (12, 32), to confine the carriers injected by the diode, and whereby the silicon in the active region is mono-crystalline.
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