Future Trends in Microelectronics From Nanophotonics to Sensors to Energy

by Luryi, Serge; Xu, Jimmy; Zaslavsky, Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780470551370
• ISBN10: 0470551372
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press

Summary

In the summer of 2009, leading professionals from industry, government, and academia gathered for a free-spirited debate on the future trends of microelectronics. This volume represents the summary of their valuable contributions. Providing a cohesive exploration and holistic vision of semiconductor microelectronics, this text answers such questions as: What is the future beyond shrinking silicon devices and the field-effect transistor principle? Are there green pastures beyond the traditional semiconductor technologies? This resource also identifies the direction the field is taking, enabling microelectronics professionals and students to conduct research in an informed, profitable, and forward-looking fashion.

Author Biography

Dr. Serge Luryi is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Since 1998, Dr. Luryi has been Director of the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Systems. He has published over 200 papers and has been awarded forty-seven U.S. patents. Dr. Jimmy Xu is the Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor and Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. Previously, he was the Nortel Chair in Emerging Technologies and James Ham Chair in Optoelectronics, as well as director of Nortel Institute for Telecommunications at the University of Toronto. Dr. Alex Zaslavsky is professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. He has published over eighty journal articles and book chapters, and coedited six books in the microelectronics field. Since 2003, he has been an editor of Solid-State Electronics: An International Journal.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics	p. 1
Nanophotonics for Information Systems	p. 5
What Will Modern Photonics Contribute to the Development of Future Optical Communication Technology?	p. 23
Ultrafast Nanophotonic Devices For Optical Interconnects	p. 43
Intersubband Quantum-Box Lasers: Progress and Potential as Uncooled Mid-Infrared Sources	p. 49
GaSb-based Type-I Laser Diodes: Operating at 3 ¿ m and Beyond	p. 65
Bridging Optics and Electronics with Quantum Cascade Lasers, Antennas, and Circuits	p. 75
Towards Intersubband Polaritonics: How Fast Can Light and Electrons Mate?	p. 85
Si3N4/Sio2 Planar Photonic Structures Fabricated by Focused Ion Beam	p. 97
Electronic Devices and Systems	p. 105
Silicon-Based Devices and Materials for Nanoscale CMOS and Beyond-CMOS	p. 109
Device Proposals Beyond Silicon CMOS	p. 127
GeOI as a Platform for Ultimate Devices	p. 141
Simulation of Self-Heating Effects in Different SOI MOS Architectures	p. 159
Nanowires: Technology, Physics and Perspectives	p. 171
Emerging Nanotechnology for Integration of Nanostructures in Nanoelectronic Devices	p. 183
Scrolled Si/SiGe Heterostructures as Building Blocks for Tube-Like Field-Effect Transistors	p. 191
Silicon Nanowire-Based Nonvolatile Memory Cells: Progress and Prospects	p. 201
Prospects and Challenges of Next-Generation Flash Memory Devices	p. 211
Chalcogenide Glassy Semiconductors - Could They Replace Silicon in Memory Devices?	p. 219
Current Status and Recent Developments in RSFQ Processor Design	p. 229
1/f Noise: The Funeral is Cancelled (or Postponed)	p. 239
Physics, Biology, and Other Sister Sciences	p. 247
Spin Hall Effect	p. 251
Can Biology Provide Creative Solutions for Next-Generation Memory Devices?	p. 265
Spin Screening of Magnetization Due to Inverse Proximity Effect in Superconducting/Ferromagnetic Bilayers	p. 273
Silicon for Spintronic Applications: Strain-Enhanced Valley Splitting	p. 281
Graphene-Based Terahertz Devices: Concepts and Characteristics	p. 293
Directed Self-Assembly - A Controllable Route to Optical and Electronic Devices Based on Single Nanostructures	p. 307
Sensors, Detectors, and Energy	p. 317
Three-Dimensional Position-Sensitive Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Gamma-Ray Imaging Detectors	p. 321
Semiconductor Scintillator for Three-Dimensional Array of Radiation Detectors	p. 331
Semiconductor Gamma Radiation Detectors: Band Structure Effects in Energy Resolution	p. 347
The Future of Microelectronics is … Macroelectronics	p. 365
An Integration Challenge: Information and Communication Technologies to Address Indoor Air Quality in Commercial Buildings	p. 377
Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors: In Search of the Right Design for Room-Temperature Operation	p. 385
Treating the Case of Incurable Hysteresis in VO2	p. 395
Exploratory Studies on Silicon-Based Oxide Fuel Cell Power Sources Incorporating Ultrathin Nanostructured Platinum and Cerium Oxide Films as Anode Components	p. 411
Index	p. 423
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