Electronic device comprising active optical devices with an energy band engineered superlattice
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- first and second integrated circuits comprising respective first and second active optical devices establishing an optical communications link therebetween;
said first active optical device comprising a superlattice including a plurality of stacked groups of layers;
each group of layers of said superlattice comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and an energy band-modifying layer thereon, said energy-band modifying layer comprising at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions, the non-semiconductor selected from the group consisting of at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, and carbon;
wherein at least some semiconductor atoms from opposing base semiconductor portions are chemically bound together with the chemical bonds traversing the at least one non-semiconductor monolayer therebetween.
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An electronic device may include first and second integrated circuits including respective first and second active optical devices establishing an optical communications link therebetween. The first active optical device may include a superlattice including a plurality of stacked groups of layers. Each group of layers of the superlattice may include a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and an energy band-modifying layer thereon. Also, the energy-band modifying layer may include at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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first and second integrated circuits comprising respective first and second active optical devices establishing an optical communications link therebetween; said first active optical device comprising a superlattice including a plurality of stacked groups of layers; each group of layers of said superlattice comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and an energy band-modifying layer thereon, said energy-band modifying layer comprising at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions, the non-semiconductor selected from the group consisting of at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, and carbon; wherein at least some semiconductor atoms from opposing base semiconductor portions are chemically bound together with the chemical bonds traversing the at least one non-semiconductor monolayer therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device comprising:
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a first integrated circuit comprising an optical transmitter, and a second integrated circuit comprising an optical receiver for establishing an optical communications link with said optical transmitter; said optical transmitter and said optical receiver each comprising a superlattice including a plurality of stacked groups of layers; each group of layers of said superlattice comprising a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and an energy band-modifying layer thereon, said energy-band modifying layer comprising at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions, the non-semiconductor selected from the group consisting of at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, and carbon; wherein at least some semiconductor atoms from opposing base semiconductor portions are chemically bound together with the chemical bonds traversing the at least one non-semiconductor monolayer therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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