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
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