Direct evidence of light confinement and emission enhancement in active silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Galli, M ^a   Gerace, D ^a,b   Politi, A ^a   Liscidini, M ^a   Patrini, M ^a   Andreani, L C ^a   Canino, A ^c   Miritello, M ^c   Savio, R Lo ^c   Irrera, A ^c   Priolo, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

LIGHT CONFINEMENT; SLAB GUIDED MODES; SLOT WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33845777143     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2404936     Document Type: Article

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