Title :
Optical gain from luminescent a-SiNxOy waveguide
Author :
Chen, Kunji ; Dong, Henping ; Wang, Danqing ; Huang, Rui ; Li, Wei ; Ma, Zhongyuan ; Xu, Jun ; Huang, Xinfan ; Lin, Gong-Ru ; Wu, Chung-Lun
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
We report the optical gain from a-SiNxOy strip-loaded waveguide. The optical gain of 46cm-1 at 525 nm has been determined under top-pumping with He-Cd laser. The luminescent and gain mechanism is mainly attributed to the O-Si-N bond related radiative state.
Keywords :
gas lasers; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; He-Cd laser; O-Si-N bond; SiNxOy; luminescent waveguide; optical gain; radiative state; strip-loaded waveguide; top-pumping; Bonding; Optical amplifiers; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6344-2
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643399