Future Trends in Microelectronics

Preface ix
S. Luryi, J. M. Xu and A Zaslavsky

I INNOVATIONS IN ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMS 1

Technology Innovation, Reshaping the Microelectronics Industry 4
K. Kim and U.-I. Chung

Challenges and Limits for Very Low Energy Computation 49
F. Balestra

Getting Rid of the DRAM Capacitor 59
N. Rodriguez, F. Gamiz and S. Cristoloveanu

Physics and Design of Nanoscale Field Effect Diodes for Memory and ESD Protection Applications 73
D. E. Ioannou, Z. Chbili, A. Z. Badwan, Q. Li, Y. Yang and A. A. Salman

Sharp-Switching CMOS-Compatible Devices with High Current Drive 81
J. Wan, S. Cristoloveanu, S. T. Le, A. Zaslavsky, C. Le Royer, S. A. Dayeh, D. E. Perea and S. T. Picraux

Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with a Composite Free layer: A New Concept for Future Universal memory 93
A. Makarov, V. Sverdlov and S. Selberherr

Silicon Carbide High Temperature Electronics - Is This Rocket Science? 102
C. -M. Zetterling

Microchip Post-Processing: There is Plenty of Room at the Top 110
J. Schmitz

EUV Lithography: Today and Tomorrow 120
V. Y. Banine

Manufacturability and Nanoelectronic Performance 133
M. J. Kelly

II OPTOELECTRONICS IN THE NANO AGE 139

Ultrafast Nanophotonic Devices For Optical Interconnects 142
N. N. Ledentsov, V. A. Shchukin and J. A. Lott

Will Optical Communications Meet the Challenges of the Future? 160
D. K. Mynbaev

Optical Antennae for Optoelectronics: Impacts, Promises, and Limitations 173
H. Mohseni

Spin Modulation: Teaching Lasers New Tricks 183
J. Lee, G. Boéris, R. Oszwaldowski, K. Výborný, C. Gøthgen and I ?utic

Silicon Photovoltaics: Accelerating to Grid Parity 194
M. R. Pinto

Two- and Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Advanced Silicon Solar Cells 210
E. Sangiorgi, M. Zanuccoli, R. De Rose, P. Magnone and C. Fiegna

Mechanical Energy harvesting with Piezoelectric Nanostructures: Great Expectations for Autonomous Systems 230
G. Ardila, R. Hinchet, L. Montès and M. Mouis

Charged Quantum Dots for Photovoltaic Conversion and IR Sensing 244
A. Sergeev, V. Mitin, N. Vagidov and K. Sablon

Active Optomecjanical Resonators 254
D. Princepe, L. Barea, G. O. Luiz, G. Wiederhecker and N. C. Frateschi

IV PHYSICS FRONTIERS 263

State of the Art and Prospects for Quantum Computing 266
M. I. Dyakonov

Wireless, Implantable Neuroprosthesis: Applying Advanced Technology to Untether the Mind 286
D. A. Borton and A. V. Nurmikko

Correlated Electrons: A Platform for Solid State Devices 300
S. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, R. Jaramillo and S. Ramanathan

Graphene-Based Integrated Electronic, Photonic and Spintronic Circuit 308
A. D. Güçlü, P. Potasz and P. Hawrylak

Luttinger Liquid Behavior of Long GaAs Quantum Wires 319
E. Levy, I. Sternfeld, M. Eshkol, M. Karpovski, A. Palevski, B. Dwir, A. Rudra, E. Kapon and Y. Oreg

Toward Spin Electronic Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanowires 328
S. Heedt, I. Wehrmann, K. Weis, H. Hardtdegen, D. Grützmacher, Th. Schäpers, C. Morgan, D. E. Bürgler and R. Calarco

An Alternative Path for the Fabrication of Self-Assembled III-Nitride Nanowires 340
A. Haab, M. Mikulics, T. Stoica, B. Kardynal, A. Winden, H. Hardtdegen, D. Grützmacher and E. Sutter

InAs Nanowires with Surface States as Building Blocks for Tube-Like Electrical Sensing Transitors 351
N. V. Demarina, M. I. Lepsa and D. Grützmacher

Lévy Flight of Photoexcited Minority Carriers in Moderately Doped Semiconductors: Theory and Observation 359
A. Subashiev and S. Luryi

Terahertz Plasma Oscillations in Field Effect transistors: Main Ideas and Experimental Facts 373
W. Knap and M. I. Dyakonov

INDEX 395