First electronic optical fibers with hydrogenated amorphous silicon are developed
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 15:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A new chemical technique for depositing a non-crystalline form of silicon into the long, ultra-thin pores of optical fibers is the first of its kind to use high-pressure chemistry for making well-developed films and wires of this particular kind of silicon semiconductor. The research will help scientists to make more-efficient and more-flexible optical fibers.