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Imperial College London : A - Electrical and Electronic engineering
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Article title
An Optical Modulator in Unmodified, Commercially Available CMOS Technology
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D - Journal article
Title of journal
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Article number
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Volume number
23
Issue number
16
First page of article
1115
ISSN of journal
1041-1135
Year of publication
2011
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Number of additional authors
2
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This paper reports the world’s first implementation of an optical modulator in unmodified, commercially available CMOS technology. This work is significant because it overcomes the limitation of silicon being an indirect bandgap material (therefore unable to emit light). Using an external light source and detector, data can be optically transmitted from a CMOS die placed in the incident path. With key applications in silicon photonics, this has been patented (WO2011/095767, US20130077965), and received support from industry (DNA Electronics). This has also led to an EPSRC project grant (EP/G070466/1,£153k), to develop a contactless lab-on-chip platform.
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Research group
C - Circuits and Systems
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