Microcavity-like leaky mode emission from a planar optical waveguide made of luminescent silicon nanocrystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5222-5225

  Valenta, J ^a   Ostatnicky T ^a   Pelant, I ^b   Elliman, R G ^c   Linnros, J ^d   Honerlage B ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Res Sch of Phys Sci and Eng   (Australia)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

NANOCRYSTALS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE); TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM);

SILICON;

EID: 9744228662     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1795984     Document Type: Article

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