Abstract
The invention concerns elemental silicon emission devices. Devices according to the invention use elemental silicon nanoparticles as a material from which stimulated emissions are produced. Silicon nanoparticles efficiently produce emissions and act as a gain medium in response to excitation. The silicon nanoparticles of the invention, being dimensioned on an order of magnitude of one nanometer and having about 1 part per thousand or less larger than 1 nm, are an efficient emission source and forms the basis for many useful devices.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| U.S. patent number | 6597496 |
| Filing date | 10/25/99 |
| State | Published - Jul 22 2003 |