Micro optical sensors based on avalanching silicon light-emitting devices monolithically integrated on chips

K Xu, Y Chen, TA Okhai, LW Snyman - Optical Materials Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Silicon avalanche light-emitting devices (Si Av LEDs) offer various possibilities for realizing
micro-and even nano-optical biosensors directly on chip. The light-emitting devices (LEDs) …

Silicon MOS optoelectronic micro‐nano structure based on reverse‐biased PN junction

K Xu - physica status solidi (a), 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photon emission from Si p‐channel MOS field‐effect transistor (PMOSFET) having 6‐μm
effective gate length that is operated as a three‐terminal gate‐controlled light‐emitting diode …

A sub-wavelength Si LED integrated in a CMOS platform

Z Li, J Xue, M de Cea, J Kim, H Nong, D Chong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A nanoscale on-chip light source with high intensity is desired for various applications in
integrated photonics systems. However, it is challenging to realize such an emitter using …

Simultaneous spectral recovery and CMOS micro-LED holography with an untrained deep neural network

I Kang, M De Cea, J Xue, Z Li, G Barbastathis, RJ Ram - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Lensless holography promises compact, low-cost optical apparatus designs with similar
performance to traditional imaging setups. Here, we propose the use of a silicon micro-LED …

Nanosecond pulsed CMOS LED for all-silicon time-of-flight ranging

Z Li, RJ Ram - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) is a widely used technique for measuring distance. With
recent advancements in integrated photonics, there is a growing interest in miniaturizing …

Higher intensity SiAvLEDs in an RF bipolar process through carrier energy and carrier momentum engineering

LW Snyman, K Xu, JL Polleux… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carrier energy and momentum engineering design concepts have been utilized to realize
higher intensity, up to 200 nW. μm-2 in p+ nn+ silicon avalanche-based LEDs in a silicon …

Silicon LEDs fabricated in standard VLSI technology as components for all silicon monolithic integrated optoelectronic systems

M Du Plessis, H Aharoni… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is shown that, by using conventional VLSI design rules and device processing, a variety of
two terminal and multiterminal integrated silicon light-emitting devices (Si-LEDs) can be …

Injection-avalanche-based n+ pn silicon complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor light-emitting device (450–750 nm) with 2-order-of-magnitude increase in light …

LW Snyman, M Du Plessis… - Japanese journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we report on an increase in emission intensity of up to 10 nW/µm 2 that has
been realized with a new novel two junction, diagonal avalanche control, and minority …

Analysis of electroluminescence spectra of silicon and gallium arsenide junctions in avalanche breakdown

M Lahbabi, A Ahaitouf, M Fliyou, E Abarkan… - Journal of Applied …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We present a generalized study of light emission from reverse biased p–n junctions under
avalanche breakdown conditions. A model is developed based on direct and indirect …

Visible light emission by a reverse-biased integrated silicon diode

M Morschbach, M Oehme… - IEEE transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the paper discussed the emission of visible light by a monolithically integrated
silicon diode under reverse bias. The emission of light is achieved using a special defect …