Title :
Suppression of free carrier absorption in multi-slot silicon light emission devices
Author :
Fu, Yijing ; Ni, Karl ; Fauchet, Philippe M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
Free carrier absorption is the major obstacle towards achieving optical gain in Er-doped nc-Si. We experimentally demonstrated the suppression of free carrier absorption by multi-slot waveguide. The experimental results agree well with our theoretical calculations.
Keywords :
Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
