Enhanced light emission from improved homogeneity in biaxially suspended Germanium membranes from curvature optimization
Enhanced light emission from improved homogeneity in biaxially suspended Germanium membranes from curvature optimization
A silicon compatible light source is crucial to develop a fully monolithic silicon photonics platform. Strain engineering in suspended Germanium membranes has offered a potential route for such a light source. However, biaxial structures have suffered from poor optical properties due to unfavorable strain distributions. Using a novel geometric approach and finite element modelling (FEM) structures with improved strain homogeneity were designed and fabricated. Micro-Raman (μ-Raman) spectroscopy was used to determine central strain values. Micro-photoluminescence (μ-PL) was used to study the effects of the strain profiles on light emission; we report a PL enhancement of up to 16x relative to bulk Ge at 0.5% biaxial strain. This geometric approach offers opportunity for enhancing the light emission in Germanium towards developing a practical on chip light source.
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Burt, Daniel
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Burt, Daniel, Al-Attili, Abdelrahman, Li, Zuo, Gardes, Frederic, Sotto, Moise, Sala Henri, Higashitarumizu, Naoki, Ishikawa, Yashuhiko, Oda, Katsuya, Querin, Ozz, Saito, Shinichi and Kelsall, Robert
(2017)
Enhanced light emission from improved homogeneity in biaxially suspended Germanium membranes from curvature optimization.
Optics Express, 25 (19), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.25.022911).
Abstract
A silicon compatible light source is crucial to develop a fully monolithic silicon photonics platform. Strain engineering in suspended Germanium membranes has offered a potential route for such a light source. However, biaxial structures have suffered from poor optical properties due to unfavorable strain distributions. Using a novel geometric approach and finite element modelling (FEM) structures with improved strain homogeneity were designed and fabricated. Micro-Raman (μ-Raman) spectroscopy was used to determine central strain values. Micro-photoluminescence (μ-PL) was used to study the effects of the strain profiles on light emission; we report a PL enhancement of up to 16x relative to bulk Ge at 0.5% biaxial strain. This geometric approach offers opportunity for enhancing the light emission in Germanium towards developing a practical on chip light source.
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In preparation date: 12 June 2017
Accepted/In Press date: 11 August 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 September 2017
Published date: 18 September 2017
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412307
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Moise, Sala Henri Sotto
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