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Nanocavity brightens silicon

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Despite great efforts to develop silicon-based optoelectronic devices, efficient photon emission from silicon still remains an elusive goal. Nanocavities could offer a path towards efficient silicon light emitters through strong optical confinement.

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Figure 2: Simplified electronic band structure and optical transitions of semiconductors.

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