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Type: 
Conference
Description: 
Er-doped materials attract a considerable attention for the development of luminescent systems for Si-based microphotonics, since Er ions can emit photons at 1.54 mum. The Er concentration that can be inserted in solid hosts is however limited to about 10 20 at/cm 3 due to low Er solid solubility; this limits the number of emitting centers. An alternative approach which could overcome this limit is represented by erbium compounds and, in particular by erbium silicate. It has been previously demonstrated that this material contains 10 22 optically active Er ions/cm 3 and this could allow to obtain high-gain coefficient. High temperature annealing treatments have been demonstrated to be effective for the optimization of optical emission from this compound, but the thermal budget which can be provided to this system is limited by the fact that rare earth silicates can chemically react with silicon. Therefore the synthesis of …
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
17 Sep 2008
Authors: 

R Lo Savio, M Miritello, F Iacona, G Franzo, AM Piro, F Priolo

Biblio References: 
Pages: 21-23
Origin: 
2008 5th IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics