Title :
Design of a two-stage Si pumped Er:SiO2 laser based on concentric microdisks
Author :
Redding, Brandon ; Creazzo, Tim ; Marchena, Elton ; Shi, Shouyuan ; Prather, Dennis W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
We propose a two-stage lasing device in which an electroluminescent Si nanocrystal (Si-nc) disk optically pumps a concentric Er:SiO2 toroid. We also present fabrication and characterization of an Er:SiO2 microdisk and demonstrate coupling of Si-nc emission to a concentric SiO2 ring.
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; microdisc lasers; optical fabrication; optical pumping; ring lasers; silicon compounds; solid lasers; Si; SiO2:Er; concentric Er:SiO2 toroid; concentric SiO2 ring; concentric microdisks; electroluminescent Si nanocrystal disk; microdisk characterization; microdisk fabrication; optical pumping; silicon nanocrystal emission; two-stage Si pumped Er:SiO2 laser; two-stage laser design; two-stage lasing device; Erbium; Glass; Nanocrystals; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338340
