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Mikayla DavilaFollow

Faculty

Faculty of Science, Physics and Astronomy

Supervisor Name

Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova and Dr. Peter Simpson

Keywords

Optoelectronics

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This presentation will cover the importance of using optics in the creation of transistors, instead of electronics. By using massless photons instead of electrons for data transfer, ICs can be faster, more power efficient and smaller. Since the number of transistors required in electronics is increasing with every passing year, we are going to need super small transistors ASAP and optoelectronics will enable this to happen. Si, Ge and Sn are a promising alloy for such a task due to their efficient light emission (thanks to their direct band gap) and their ease of integration into pre-existing CMOS standards (having Si as their base). I will break down the ion implantation concepts needed to create these alloys, and the incredible Tandetron accelerator lab here at western.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Chinenye Ekeruche for her insightful teachings, and thank you to my supervisors Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova and Dr. Peter Simpson, for taking me on as a student this summer.

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Si-Ge-Sn Alloys for Optoelectronic Applications

This presentation will cover the importance of using optics in the creation of transistors, instead of electronics. By using massless photons instead of electrons for data transfer, ICs can be faster, more power efficient and smaller. Since the number of transistors required in electronics is increasing with every passing year, we are going to need super small transistors ASAP and optoelectronics will enable this to happen. Si, Ge and Sn are a promising alloy for such a task due to their efficient light emission (thanks to their direct band gap) and their ease of integration into pre-existing CMOS standards (having Si as their base). I will break down the ion implantation concepts needed to create these alloys, and the incredible Tandetron accelerator lab here at western.