Title :
Optical gain at 1530 nm from Si-based light emitting layer containing mixture of Er/sub 2/O/sub 3/, P/sub 2/O/sub 5/,Yb/sub 2/O/sub 3/ nanoparticles and spin-on glass
Author :
Sun, Kuo-Jui ; Shih, Ping-Hung ; Su, Yi-Shin ; Liang, Eih-Zhe ; Lin, Ching-Fuh
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
A new way for light emission at 1530 nm is explored using mixtures of Er2O3, P2O5, Yb2 O3 nanoparticles and spin-on glass deposited on silicon wafers. This layer is very thin, but exhibits optical gain
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; erbium compounds; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; optical communication equipment; optical glass; optical multilayers; phosphorus compounds; silicon; spin glasses; ytterbium compounds; 1530 nm; Er2O3; P2O5; Si-based light emitting layer; Yb2O3; nanoparticles; optical gain; spin-on glass; Costs; Erbium; Gain measurement; Glass; Heating; Nanoparticles; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547972