Future trends in microelectronics : from nanophotonics to sensors and energy / edited by Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Part I Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics -- 1. Nanophotonics for Information Systems -- 2. What Will Modern Photonics Contribute to the Development of Future Optical Communication Technology ? -- 3. Ultrafast Nanophotonic Devices For Optical Interconnects -- 4. Intersubband Quantum-Box Lasers: Progress and Potential as Uncooled Mid-Infrared Sources -- 5. GaSb-based Type-I Laser Diodes Operating at 3 μm and Beyond -- 6. Bridging Optics and Electronics with Quantum Cascade Lasers, Antennas, and Circuits -- 7. Towards Intersubband Polaritonics: How Fast Can Light and Electrons Mate? -- 8. SI3N4/SiO2 Planar Photonic Structures Fabricated by Focused Ion Beam
Part II Electronic Devices and Systems -- 1. Silicon-Based Devices and Materials for Nanoscale CMOS and Beyond-CMOS -- 2. Device Proposals Beyond Silicon CMOS -- 3.GeOI as a Platform for Ultimate Devices -- 4. Simulation of Self-Heating Effects in Different SOI MOS Architectures -- 5. Nanowires: Technology, Physics and Perspectives -- 6. Emerging Nanotechnology for Integration of Nanostructures in Nanoelectronic Devices -- 7. Scrolled Si/SiGe Heterostructures as Building Blocks for Tube-Like Field-Effect Transistors -- 8. Silicon Nanowire-Based Nonvolatile Memory Cells: Progress and Prospects -- 9. Prospects and Challenges of Next-Generation Flash Memory Devices -- 10. Chalcogenide Glassy Semiconductors – Could They Replace Silicon in Memory Devices? -- 11. Current Status and Recent Developments in RSFQ Processor Design -- 12. 1/f Noise: The Funeral is Cancelled (or Postponed) Part III Physics, Biology, and Other Sister Sciences -- 1. Spin Hall Effect -- 2. Can Biology Provide Creative Solutions for Next-Generation Memory Devices? -- 3. Spin Screening of Magnetization Due to Inverse Proximity Effect in Superconducting/Ferromagnetic Bilayers -- 4. Silicon for Spintronic Applications: Strain-Enhanced Valley Splitting -- 5. Graphene-Based Terahertz Devices: Concepts and Characteristics -- 6. Directed Self-Assembly – A Controllable Route to Optical and Electronic Devices Based on Single Nanostructures
• Part IV Sensors, Detectors, and Energy -- 1. Three-Dimensional Position-Sensitive Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Gamma-Ray Imaging Detectors -- 2. Semiconductor Scintillator for Three-Dimensional Array of Radiation Detectors -- 3. Semiconductor Gamma Radiation Detectors: Band Structure Effects in Energy Resolution -- 4. The Future of Microelectronics is ... Macroelectronics -- 5. An Integration Challenge: Information and Communication Technologies to Address Indoor Air Quality in Commercial Buildings -- 6. Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors: In Search of the Right Design for Room-Temperature Operation -- 7. Treating the Case of Incurable Hysteresis in V02 -- 8. Exploratory Studies on Silicon-Based Oxide Fuel Cell Power Sources Incorporating Ultrathin -- Nanostructured Platinum and Cerium Oxide Films as Anode Components -- Index