DocumentCode :
2473106
Title :
Modifying the radiative quantum efficiency of erbium-doped glass in silicon slot waveguides
Author :
Briggs, Ryan M. ; Miller, Gerald M. ; Atwater, Harry A.
Author_Institution :
Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
9-11 Sept. 2009
Firstpage :
223
Lastpage :
225
Abstract :
We have modulated the radiative emission rate of Er In SI slot waveguides with Er-doped glass slots by varying the waveguide layer dimensions. The corresponding quantum efficiency of 1537-nm emission varies between 0.37 and 0.51.
Keywords :
calcium compounds; erbium; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; sodium compounds; thin films; Si-Na2O-CaO-SiO2-ErO; active erbium-doped soda-lime glass slot layer; planar slot waveguides; radiative emission rate; radiative quantum efficiency; spontaneous emission rate; time-resolved photoluminescence; wavelength 1537 nm; Erbium; Furnaces; Geometrical optics; Glass; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Silicon; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
ISSN :
1949-2081
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338382
Filename :
5338382
Link To Document :
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