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Journal
Description: 
We report on enhanced light extraction from a light-emitting device based on amorphous silicon nanoclusters, suitable for very-large-scale integration, and operating at room temperature. Standard low-cost optical lithography is employed to fabricate a two-dimensional photonic crystal onto the device. We measured a vertical emission with the extracted radiation enhanced by over a factor of 4, without the aid of any buried reflector. These achievements demonstrate that a cost-effective exploitation of photonic crystals is indeed within the reach of semiconductor industry and open the way to a new generation of nanostructured silicon devices in which photonic and electronic functions are integrated together.© 2006 American Institute of Physics.
Publisher: 
American Institute of Physics Publising LLC
Publication date: 
1 Jan 2006
Authors: 

Isodiana Crupi, Alessia Irrera, Delfo Sanfilippo, Fabio Iacona, Giorgia Franzó, Gianfranco Di Stefano, Calogero D Presti, Angelo Piana, Pier Giorgio Fallica, Francesco Priolo

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Volume: 88 Pages: 1-3
Origin: 
Applied Physics Letters