All-Silicon Non-Volatile Optical Memory Based on Photon Avalanche-Induced Trapping
Yiwei Peng,
Yuan Yuan,
Stanley Cheung
et al.
Abstract:Implementing on-chip non-volatile optical memories has long been an actively pursued goal, promising significant enhancements in the capability and energy efficiency of photonic integrated circuits. Here, we achieve this milestone by demonstrating optical memory exclusively using the most common semiconductor material, silicon. By manipulating the photon avalanche effect, we introduce a trapping effect at the silicon-silicon oxide interface, which in turn demonstrates a non-volatile reprogrammable optical memo… Show more
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