Optoelectronics : Flaming up the old conventional
techniques
ARUSHI BUTAN, ECE II YEAR
In the fast pacing world we live in, technology is thriving by
the minute. The Sci-fi movies we've grown up adoring are
no longer fiction, they're a booming reality. New inventions
and ideas are revolutionizing our lifestyle and simultaneously leaving us dumbfounded. Optoelectronics is one such
field which is growing exponentially owing to its vast commercial implementation and resourcefulness in diverse industries. Optoelectronics amalgamates the physics of light
with electricity. In elementary terms, an optoelectronic device combines an optical device and an electronic device.
An Electronic device operates by controlling electricity
whereas an Optical device operates by controlling light;
Hence Optoelectronics bridges the chasm between these
two worlds by bringing them together: allowing electricity
to control light, or allowing light to control electricity.
1) Silicon photonics is an evolving technology in which data is transferred among computer
chips by optical rays. Optical rays can carry far more data in
less time than optical fibres. The mature fabrication technology of the CMOS industry and the low cost of silicon
make it consummate for on-chip routing and short distance
transmission of signals. The next threshold in development
is the connectivity between chip and processors. The concept involves combining laser and silicon technology on the
same chip. The effective implementation of silicon photonics X