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Ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides

Ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides
Ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides

Efficient and reliable on-chip optical amplifiers and light sources would enable versatile integration of various active functionalities on the silicon platform. Although lasing on silicon has been demonstrated with semiconductors by using methods such as wafer bonding or molecular beam epitaxy, cost-effective mass production methods for CMOS-compatible active devices are still lacking. Here, we report ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides with a monolithic, CMOS-compatible and scalable atomic-layer deposition process. The unique layer-by-layer nature of atomic-layer deposition enables atomic scale engineering of the gain layer properties and straightforward integration with silicon integrated waveguides. We demonstrate up to 20.1 ± 7.31 dB/cm and at least 52.4 ± 13.8 dB/cm net modal and material gain per unit length, respectively, the highest performance achieved from erbium-based planar waveguides integrated on silicon. Our results show significant advances towards efficient on-chip amplification, opening a route to large-scale integration of various active functionalities on silicon.

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Rönn, John, Zhang, Weiwei, Autere, Anton, Leroux, Xavier, Pakarinen, Lasse, Alonso-Ramos, Carlos, Säynätjoki, Antti, Lipsanen, Harri, Vivien, Laurent, Cassan, Eric and Sun, Zhipei (2019) Ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides. Nature Communications, 10 (1), 1-9, [432]. (doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08369-w).

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Abstract

Efficient and reliable on-chip optical amplifiers and light sources would enable versatile integration of various active functionalities on the silicon platform. Although lasing on silicon has been demonstrated with semiconductors by using methods such as wafer bonding or molecular beam epitaxy, cost-effective mass production methods for CMOS-compatible active devices are still lacking. Here, we report ultra-high on-chip optical gain in erbium-based hybrid slot waveguides with a monolithic, CMOS-compatible and scalable atomic-layer deposition process. The unique layer-by-layer nature of atomic-layer deposition enables atomic scale engineering of the gain layer properties and straightforward integration with silicon integrated waveguides. We demonstrate up to 20.1 ± 7.31 dB/cm and at least 52.4 ± 13.8 dB/cm net modal and material gain per unit length, respectively, the highest performance achieved from erbium-based planar waveguides integrated on silicon. Our results show significant advances towards efficient on-chip amplification, opening a route to large-scale integration of various active functionalities on silicon.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 December 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 January 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 427931
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/427931
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Date deposited: 05 Feb 2019 17:30
Last modified: 05 Jun 2024 19:55

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Author: John Rönn
Author: Weiwei Zhang
Author: Anton Autere
Author: Xavier Leroux
Author: Lasse Pakarinen
Author: Carlos Alonso-Ramos
Author: Antti Säynätjoki
Author: Harri Lipsanen
Author: Laurent Vivien
Author: Eric Cassan
Author: Zhipei Sun

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