Abstract: A germanium waveguide is formed from a P-type silicon substrate that is coated with a heavily-doped N-type germanium layer and a first N-type doped silicon layer. Trenches are etched into the silicon substrate to form a stack of a substrate strip, a germanium strip, and a first silicon strip. This structure is then coated with a silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A germanium waveguide is formed from a P-type silicon substrate that is coated with a heavily-doped N-type germanium layer and a first N-type doped silicon layer. Trenches are etched into the silicon substrate to form a stack of a substrate strip, a germanium strip, and a first silicon strip. This structure is then coated with a silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor support, a semiconductor region overlying the semiconductor support, a silicon nitride layer surrounding and straining the semiconductor region, and a metal foot separating the silicon nitride layer from the semiconductor support. The semiconductor region includes germanium. The semiconductor region can be a resonator of a laser or a waveguide.

Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor support, a semiconductor region overlying the semiconductor support, a silicon nitride layer surrounding and straining the semiconductor region, and a metal foot separating the silicon nitride layer from the semiconductor support. The semiconductor region includes germanium. The semiconductor region can be a resonator of a laser or a waveguide.

Abstract: A germanium waveguide is formed from a P-type silicon substrate that is coated with a heavily-doped N-type germanium layer and a first N-type doped silicon layer. Trenches are etched into the silicon substrate to form a stack of a substrate strip, a germanium strip, and a first silicon strip. This structure is then coated with a silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A germanium waveguide is formed from a P-type silicon substrate that is coated with a heavily-doped N-type germanium layer and a first N-type doped silicon layer. Trenches are etched into the silicon substrate to form a stack of a substrate strip, a germanium strip, and a first silicon strip. This structure is then coated with a silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A germanium waveguide is formed from a P-type silicon substrate that is coated with a heavily-doped N-type germanium layer and a first N-type doped silicon layer. Trenches are etched into the silicon substrate to form a stack of a substrate strip, a germanium strip, and a first silicon strip. This structure is then coated with a silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a optical, photonic or optoelectronic component, including a so-called photonic slab or membrane that is traversed, in at least one internal region and according to a predetermined pattern, by a plurality of through openings having a micrometric or sub-micrometric transverse dimension, the method having the following steps: structuring of the surface of a substrate by an etching that produces holes in the substrate according to the pattern; depositing at least one layer of the photonic material forming the slab or membrane, by anisotropic epitaxial growth on the structured surface of the substrate around the opening of the holes.