Nanostructured alloys light the way to silicon-based photonics
Abstract
Silicon used for electronics has a cubic crystal lattice, which makes the material unsuitable for photonics applications. A method for producing germanium and silicon-germanium alloys that have hexagonal lattices offers a solution.
- Publication:
-
Nature
- Pub Date:
- April 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1038/d41586-020-00976-8
- Bibcode:
- 2020Natur.580..188F