Title :
Amplified spontaneous emission and optical gain coefficient of SiOX based planar waveguide with buried silicon nanocrystals on silicon substrate
Author :
Lian, Cheng-Wei ; Lin, Gong-Ru
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron. & Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Si-rich SiOx planar waveguide with Si nanocrystals contributed amplified spontaneous emission at 750-850 nm is characterized by variable stripe length method to demonstrate optical gain and loss coefficients of 60 and 16 cm-1, respectively.
Keywords :
nanostructured materials; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; Si; Si-SiO2; amplified spontaneous emission; buried silicon nanocrystals; optical gain coefficient; optical loss coefficient; planar waveguide; silicon substrate; wavelength 750 nm to 850 nm; Nanocrystals; Optical planar waveguides; Optical superlattices; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Silicon; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Substrates; Waveguide lasers; (040.6040) Silicon; (140.3380) Laser material; (140.4480) Optical amplifier; (230.7390) Waveguides, planar;
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
