As great as silicon is for semiconductor applications, it has one weakness in that using it for lasers isn’t very practical. Never say never though, as it turns out that you can now grow ...

These defects can significantly influence the electronic properties of silicon, and understanding ... The energy required to create a defect in a crystal lattice. Substitutional Defect: A type ...

For that reason, the direct epitaxial growth of high-quality III-V optical gain materials selectively on large-size silicon photonics wafers remains a highly sought-after objective.” The large ...

Skoltech and MIPT researchers have sped up the search for high-performance metal alloys for the aerospace industry, ...

It says something about your career at a company that makes hundreds of trillions of transistors every day when your nickname ...

interspersed throughout the silicon crystal lattice in a process called "doping." The choice of dopant determines what properties the finished semiconductor will have. There exist a huge number of ...

The large mismatch in crystal lattice parameters and thermal expansion ... significantly reduces defects in III-V materials integrated on silicon by confining misfit dislocations within narrow ...

For that reason, the direct epitaxial growth of high-quality III-V optical gain materials selectively on large-size silicon photonics wafers remains a highly sought-after objective. The large mismatch ...

This type of silicon has an irregular or amorphous crystal structure, which means it doesn't really have any repeating or lattice-like arrangement, even on the microscopic scale. Spacecraft often ...

Researchers reveal that plasmons in boron-doped diamonds are driving advances in electronics, optics and quantum computing.

Enrico Chesta, Véronique Ferlet-Cavrois and Markus Brugger highlight seven ways CERN and ESA are working together to further ...