Eli Yablonovitch

University of California, Los AngelesEngineering design is sometimes inspired by Nature. The natural world is filled with crystals, periodic structures that interact with electron waves. Drawing on this analogy, photonic crystals are artificial periodic structures that are intended for electromagnetic waves, instead. Such nano-photonic structures are now being designed and patterned into Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) to provide for commercial nano-photonic integration, as a component part of conventional CMOS circuits.Further optical frequency miniaturization will take us toward nano-plasmonics, metallic-wired electrical circuits, running at optical frequencies. At lower frequencies, new electronic switching devices that have a sub-threshold slope steeper than kT/q are expected to emerge. The research of the next 10 years will answer what comes after the semiconductor roadmap.

Location: Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) - 100

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