The workshop on "Optical Properties of Low Dimensional Silicon sL
Structures" was held in Meylan, France on March, I yd, 1993. The
workshop took place inside the facilities of France Telecom- CNET.
Around 45 leading scientists working on this rapidly moving field were
in attendance. Principal support was provided by the Advanced Research
Workshop Program of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
French Delegation a l'Armement and CNET gave also a small financial
grant, the organisational part being undertaken by the SEE and CNET.
There is currently intense research activity worldwide devoted to the
optical properties of low dimensional silicon structures. This follow
the recent discovery of efficient visible photoluminescence (PL) from
highly porous silicon. This workshop was intended to bring together all
the leading European scientists and laboratories in order to reveal the
state of the art and to open new research fields on this subject. A
large number of invited talks took place (12) together with regular
contribution (20). The speakers were asked to leave nearly 1/3 of the
time to the discussion with the audience, and that promoted both formal
and informal discussions between the participants.