Silicon LEDs in FinFET technology

Abstract

We present what to our best knowledge is the first forward operating silicon light-emitting diode (LED) in fin-FET technology. The results show near-infrared (NIR) emission around 1100 nm caused by band-to-band light emission in the silicon which is uniformly distributed across the lowly doped active light-emitting area. We also propose further improvements to exploit the full potential of this structure.