XUE Bosen, ZHA Zhengtao, MU Quanquan, et al. Analysis and optimization of energy efficiency for silicon-based chips[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2026, 41(6): 783-792.
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XUE Bosen, ZHA Zhengtao, MU Quanquan, et al. Analysis and optimization of energy efficiency for silicon-based chips[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2026, 41(6): 783-792.DOI: 10.37188/CJLCD.2026-0078. CSTR: 32172.14.CJLCD.2026-0078.
Analysis and optimization of energy efficiency for silicon-based chips
To solve the problems of low energy efficiency of small-pixel silicon-based chips and insufficient calc
ulation accuracy of the scalar diffraction theory, this study conducts precise calculation and optimization research on the energy efficiency of silicon-based chips. The energy efficiency of silicon-based chips is calculated using both the scalar diffraction theory and the Finite-Difference Time-Domain(FDTD) method, and an experimental verification is carried out by building a 532 nm laser testing system. A
λ
/4-type multilayer dielectric high-reflection coating is designed using TiO
2
/SiO
2
materials, and the optimization rules of the number of coating periods and operating wavelength on energy efficiency are analyzed via FDTD simulations. The research results show that for the currently common silicon-based chips with small pixel sizes(pixel period: 2~8 μm), the absolute error between the energy efficiency calculated by the FDTD method and the experimental results is less than 1%. Coating the multilayer dielectric film can effectively improve the energy efficiency of the chip; when the number of reflective coating periods reaches 5, the energy efficiency of chips of various pixel sizes exceeds 95% in the wavelength range of 450~625 nm.
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