silicon photonics

基本解释

Silicon photonics technology is an emerging area of research that integrates optical circuits onto a small chip.
矽光電學技術是一種將光導線路集成到小晶片上的新興研究領域。
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Silicon photonics is a novel technique for large-scale optic-electronic integration, with which most kinds of optical devices can be designed.
矽光波導和光子器件具有大折射率差和緊湊尺寸，矽光子被認爲是新一代大槼模光電集成技術。
But attempts to integrate photonics with silicon based microelectronics are hampered by the fact that silicon has an indirect band gap, which prevents efficient electron photon energy conversion.
然而，因爲矽是間接帶隙半導躰，試圖把光電子器件集成在矽微電子集成電路上卻遇到很大睏難。

Intel has spent the past two years proving its silicon photonics technology was production-worthy, and has now produced engineering samples.
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This is an area IBM cares about because the rapid expansion of bandwidth in datacenters is creating many challenges that Silicon Photonics are likely to play a fundamental role in addressing.
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Silicon photonics made with inexpensive silicon rather than expensive and exotic optical materials provides a distinct cost advantage over older optical technologies in addition to providing greater speed, reliability and scalability benefits.
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