Light emitting silicon nanostructures

Author

Negro, L. Dal ; Yi, J.H. ; Stolfi, M. ; Michel, J. ; LeBlanc, J. ; Haavisto, J. ; Kimerling, L.C.

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2005

fDate

5-5 Dec. 2005

Lastpage

1000

Abstract

In this paper the main results on the energy sensitization and optical properties of light-emitting silicon based nanostructures for microphotonics applications are reviewed. The energy sensitization of erbium ions from silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon-rich oxide (SRO) and silicon-rich nitride matrices (SRN) are discussed. For both the systems the efficient energy transfer to erbium ions is demonstrated. In addition, it is shown that SRN is a suitable material for the fabrication of optically active complex photonic crystal structures

Keywords

microwave photonics; nanotechnology; photonic crystals; silicon; spontaneous emission; Si; energy sensitization; erbium ions; light-emitting silicon; microphotonics; nanostructures; optical properties; photonic crystal structures; silicon nanocrystals; silicon-rich nitride matrice; silicon-rich oxide matrice; Crystalline materials; Energy exchange; Erbium; Nanocrystals; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Optical sensors; Particle beam optics; Silicon; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 2005. IEDM Technical Digest. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9268-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.2005.1609531

Filename

1609531