Title :
Enhanced erbium emission in photonic crystal nanocavities
Author :
Makarova, Maria ; Sih, Vanessa ; Warga, Joe ; Negro, Luca Dal ; Vuckovic, Jelena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Abstract :
We fabricated photonic crystal nanocavities to enhance erbium (Er) emission in silicon rich nitride nanocrystals. We observed experimental quality factors of ~6000 and 20-fold enhancement, in agreement with numerical calculations of the Purcell effect.
Keywords :
erbium; nanostructured materials; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; Purcell effect; SiN:Er; erbium emission; photonic crystal nanocavities; quality factors; silicon rich nitride nanocrystals; Biomembranes; Erbium; Optical films; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Q factor; Rapid thermal annealing; Semiconductor films; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (260.3060) Infrared;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
