They do this by distorting the crystal structure of an optical silicon waveguide. If the waveguide is inhomogeneously distorted, the symmetry of the silicon crystal changes from centrosymmetric to ...

Shrinking computers, faster phones, and smarter gadgets all rely on one tiny component: the transistor. Invented in the 20th ...

It melts at 1410 C. The electronic configuration of the silicon atom is: (Ne)(3s) 2 (3p) 2, and the atomic radius is 0.132 nm. Silicon has the diamond cubic crystal structure with a lattice parameter ...

Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the ...

"A vastly improved understanding of the crystal structure of silicon, the 'universal' substrate or foundation material on which everything is built, will be crucial in understanding the nature of ...

To construct the two-qubit gate, the researchers layered tiny aluminum wires onto a highly ordered silicon crystal. The wires deliver voltages that trap two single electrons, separated by an energy ...

(Nanowerk News) The continuous success of the computer industry is made possible by the ongoing miniaturization of computer chips. A way to make computers even faster is to devise chips that are ...

“A vastly improved understanding of the crystal structure of silicon, the ‘universal’ substrate or foundation material on which everything is built, will be crucial in understanding the ...

Artistic rendering of atomic structure of silicon carbide crystal showing defect (purple circle) and region of interest identified with quantum mechanical theory (silver sphere). Disclaimer ...

Chipmakers turn to silicon for its crystal structure, which can be lightly salted with trivalent or pentavalent ions to produce semiconductor materials with subtly different behavior on a quantum ...

including a perovskite/silicon system that achieved 34 percent efficiency. Perovskites are an entire class of materials that all form the same crystal structure. So, there is plenty of flexibility ...