• DocumentCode
    520526
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500109