silicon photonics

基本解释

Silicon photonics technology is an emerging area of research that integrates optical circuits onto a small chip.
硅光电学技术是一种将光导线路集成到小晶片上的新兴研究领域。
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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.
硅光波导和光子器件具有大折射率差和紧凑尺寸，硅光子被认为是新一代大规模光电集成技术。
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，因为硅是间接带隙半导体，试图把光电子器件集成在硅微电子集成电路上却遇到很大困难。

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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