DocumentCode
2246864
Title
Enhanced erbium emission in photonic crystal nanocavities
Author
Makarova, Maria ; Sih, Vanessa ; Warga, Joe ; Negro, Luca Dal ; Vuckovic, Jelena
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We fabricated photonic crystal nanocavities to enhance erbium (Er) emission in silicon rich nitride nanocrystals. We observed experimental quality factors of ~6000 and 20-fold enhancement, in agreement with numerical calculations of the Purcell effect.
Keywords
erbium; nanostructured materials; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; Purcell effect; SiN:Er; erbium emission; photonic crystal nanocavities; quality factors; silicon rich nitride nanocrystals; Biomembranes; Erbium; Optical films; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Q factor; Rapid thermal annealing; Semiconductor films; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (260.3060) Infrared;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571902
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