Breakthrough technique offers prospect of silicon detectors for telecommunications
Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have demonstrated a breakthrough technique that offers the first possibility of silicon detectors for telecommunications. For decades, silicon has been the foundation of the microelectronics revolution and, owing to its excellent optical properties in the near- and mid-infrared range, is now promising to have a similar impact on photonics.