Modification of erbium radiative lifetime in planar silicon slot waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Creatore, Celestino ^a,b   Andreani, Lucio Claudio ^b   Miritello, Maria ^c   Lo Savio, Roberto ^c   Priolo, Francesco ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ERBIUM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLYSILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE MATERIALS; ACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICES; BULK OXIDES; NONRADIATIVE DECAY RATES; POLY-CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCIES; RADIATIVE LIFETIMES; SLOT WAVEGUIDES; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 62549095926     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3098072     Document Type: Article

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