Silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) hold great promise for many future technologies. Silicon is
already at the core of photovoltaics and microelectronics, and SiQDs are capable of efficient …

CMOS platforms with a high nonlinear figure of merit are highly sought after for high
photonic quantum efficiencies, enabling functionalities not possible from purely linear effects …

Silicon photonics is no longer an emerging field of research and technology but a present
reality with commercial products available on the market, where low‐dimensional silicon …

The specific dependence of the Si content on the structural and optical properties of O-and H-
free Si-rich nitride (SiN x> 1.33) thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering is investigated …

The photoluminescence (PL) from defect-related states and Si nanoclusters was observed in
the Si-rich silicon nitride films simultaneously. The weaker red-light emission of Si …

A correlation between bonding changes in silicon-rich silicon nitride films, subjected to high
temperature annealing under N 2 ambient, and the formation of silicon nanocrystals is …

Light-emitting Si-rich silicon nitride (SRN) films were fabricated by plasma enhanced
chemical vapor deposition followed by thermal annealing and the SRN external quantum …

We demonstrate optical microresonators in polycrystalline silicon with quality factors of
20,000. We also demonstrate polycrystalline resonators vertically coupled to crystalline …

Photonics is a key technology of this century. The combination of photonics and silicon
technology is of great importance because of the potentiality of coupling electronics and …

Photonic crystal nanocavities are fabricated in silicon membranes covered by thermally
annealed silicon-rich nitride films with Erbium-doped silicon nanocrystals. Silicon nitride …