Ge/SiGe quantum well devices for optical interconnects
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Increasing processing power has been at the heart of technological boom witnessed in the past few decades. However, the communication delay of electrical interconnects poses a fundamental limit to future improvements. On-chip optical interconnects are an alternative solution to allow for continued advancements in processing power. This thesis explores the potential of Ge/SiGe quantum well devices as a candidate for an on-chip optical interconnect system. The Ge and SiGe material system is particularly promising for optical interconnects because these materials are compatible with Si CMOS technology. Our work demonstrates that these devices can perform as light emitters, modulators and detectors—the most important components in an optical interconnect system. Furthermore, we developed vertically coupled waveguide Ge quantum well devices and discuss their performance as well as our efforts to integrate these devices into a functioning optical interconnect system.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Fei, Edward T |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Harris, J. S. (James Stewart), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Harris, J. S. (James Stewart), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Kamins, Theodore I |
| Thesis advisor | Miller, D. A. B |
| Advisor | Kamins, Theodore I |
| Advisor | Miller, D. A. B |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Edward T. Fei. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Edward Tien-Lee Fei
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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