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The majority of silicon photonic communications have so far been limited to telecom [31] and datacom applications, [32] [33] where the reach is of several kilometers or several meters respectively. Silicon photonics, however, is expected to play a significant role in computercom as well, where optical links have a reach in the centimeter to ...
The light travelling through the waveguides in an optical ring resonator remains within the waveguides due to the ray optics phenomenon known as total internal reflection (TIR). TIR is an optical phenomenon that occurs when a ray of light strikes the boundary of a medium and fails to refract through the boundary.
An optical waveguide is a physical structure that guides electromagnetic waves in the optical spectrum.Common types of optical waveguides include optical fiber waveguides, transparent dielectric waveguides made of plastic and glass, liquid light guides, and liquid waveguides.
Silicon oxynitride is a ceramic material with the chemical formula SiO x N y.While in amorphous forms its composition can continuously vary between SiO 2 and Si 3 N 4 (silicon nitride), the only known intermediate crystalline phase is Si 2 N 2 O. [2] It is found in nature as the rare mineral sinoite in some meteorites and can be synthesized in the laboratory.
Binary zone plate: The areas of each ring, both light and dark, are equal. Sinusoidal zone plate: This type has a single focal point. A zone plate is a device used to focus light or other things exhibiting wave character. [1] Unlike lenses or curved mirrors, zone plates use diffraction instead of refraction or reflection.
A compound semiconductor is a semiconductor compound composed of chemical elements of at least two different species. These semiconductors form for example in periodic table groups 13–15 (old groups III–V), for example of elements from the Boron group (old group III, boron, aluminium, gallium, indium) and from group 15 (old group V, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth).
In technical optics, such a phase is also known as the Pancharatnam phase, [4] and in quantum physics an equivalent phenomenon is known as the Berry phase. [5] This effect can be seen in the elongation of the Airy disk in the direction perpendicular to the crest of the roof as this is a diffraction from the discontinuity at the roof crest.
Silicon compounds are compounds containing the element silicon (Si). As a carbon group element, silicon often forms compounds in the +4 oxidation state, though many unusual compounds have been discovered that differ from expectations based on its valence electrons, including the silicides and some silanes. Metal silicides, silicon halides, and ...