DocumentCode
500330
Title
Room-temperature photoluminescence in Er-doped deuterated amorphous carbon
Author
Tsai, Raymond Y C ; Qian, Li ; Kherani, Nazir P.
Author_Institution
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report strong room-temperature photoluminescence at ~1.5 mum in erbium-doped deuterated amorphous carbon for the first time. Deuteration, instead of hydrogenation, of amorphous carbon eliminates C-H and O-H bonds, significantly reducing the quenching of erbium emission.
Keywords
amorphous state; carbon; erbium; photoluminescence; quenching (thermal); C:Er; amorphous carbon; quenching; room-temperature photoluminescence; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Amorphous materials; Carbon dioxide; Erbium; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photoluminescence; Stimulated emission; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (160.4670) Optical materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225718
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