Title :
Evidence for stimulated emission in silicon nanocrystal microspheres
Author :
Chen, H. ; Sung, J.-Y. ; Tewary, A. ; Brongersma, M. ; Shin, J.-H. ; Fauchet, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Silicon has been used in all photonic functions except lasing. We report evidence for stimulated emission in silicon nanocrystal microspheres under strong pulsed excitation.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanostructured materials; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; silicon; stimulated emission; Si; photonic functions; silicon microspheres; silicon nanocrystal; stimulated emission; strong pulsed excitation; Nanocrystals; Optical films; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Physics; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon compounds; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9070-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516417
