
SOITAM
Thermo-activated modulator/sensor




SOITAM (Silicon-On-Insulator Thermoactivated Modulator) is a nanoscale device which can be operated either as a modulator via thermal stimulation, or as a thermal sensor/imager. In addition to its advantages over traditional MEMS temperature sensors (a nanoscale integrated silicon structure, as opposed to a microscale polymer-based one), it can also function as a Silicon-On-Insulator Photoactivated Modulator (SOIPAM). SOITAM, currently in its second design generation, serves as a building block towards the development of entirely optical/thermal data processing on silicon chips that can be manufactured with typical microelectronics fabrication processes.
Articles
Y. Mandelbaum, A. Zev, A. Chelly, Z. Zalevsky, A. Karsenty, “Study of the Photo- and Thermo-Activation Mechanisms in Nanoscale SOI Modulator”, Journal of Sensors, Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 9581976, 11 pages. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9581976
Y. Mandelbaum, I. Gadasi, A. Zev, A. Chelly, Z. Zalevsky, and A. Karsenty, “Small Signals’ Study of Thermal Induced Current in Nanoscale SOI Sensor”, J. of Sensors, Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 1961734, 9 pages. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1961734