Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

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 …

Silicon, the material par excellence for electronics, is not used for light sources because of
the lack of efficient light emitters and lasers. In this review, I will discuss the physical reasons …

Si quantum dots (QDs) as small as∼ 2 nm in diameter have been synthesized by a variety of
techniques. Because of quantum confinement and the elimination of bulk or surface defects …

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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 …

We show that the optical and electronic properties of nanocrystalline silicon can be
efficiently tuned using impurity do**. In particular, we give evidence, by means of ab initio …

Silicon the material per excellence for electronics is not used for sourcing light due to the
lack of efficient light emitters and lasers. In this review, after having introduced the basics on …

An extensive experimental study of optical gain in silicon nanocrystals is under way.
Different types of samples have been tested (eg, nanocrystalline silicon superlattices …

Si nanocrystals have been extensively studied because of their novel properties and their
potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic, photovoltaic, thermoelectric and …