Waveguiding and photoluminescence in Er3+-doped Ta2O5 planar waveguides
Waveguiding and photoluminescence in Er3+-doped Ta2O5 planar waveguides
The optimization of erbium-doped Ta2O5 thin film waveguides deposited by magnetron sputtering onto thermally oxidized silicon wafer is described. Optical constants of the film were determined by ellipsometry. For the slab waveguides, background losses below 0.4dB/cm at 633nm have been obtained before post-annealing. The samples, when pumped at 980nm yielded abroad photoluminescence spectrum (FWHM ~50 nm) centred at 1534nm, corresponding to 4 I 13/2 to the 4 I 15/2 transition of Er3+ ion. The samples were annealed up to 600 °C and both photoluminescence power and fluorescence lifetime increase with post-annealing temperature and a fluorescence lifetime of 2.4ms was achieved, yielding promising results for compact waveguide amplifiers
erbium doping, tantalum pentoxide, photoluminescence, high index contrast material
812-816
Subramanian, Ananth Z.
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Oton, Claudio J.
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Greef, Robert
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August 2009
Subramanian, Ananth Z.
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Oton, Claudio J.
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Greef, Robert
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Subramanian, Ananth Z., Oton, Claudio J., Wilkinson, James S. and Greef, Robert
(2009)
Waveguiding and photoluminescence in Er3+-doped Ta2O5 planar waveguides.
Journal of Luminescence, 129 (8), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.02.020).
Abstract
The optimization of erbium-doped Ta2O5 thin film waveguides deposited by magnetron sputtering onto thermally oxidized silicon wafer is described. Optical constants of the film were determined by ellipsometry. For the slab waveguides, background losses below 0.4dB/cm at 633nm have been obtained before post-annealing. The samples, when pumped at 980nm yielded abroad photoluminescence spectrum (FWHM ~50 nm) centred at 1534nm, corresponding to 4 I 13/2 to the 4 I 15/2 transition of Er3+ ion. The samples were annealed up to 600 °C and both photoluminescence power and fluorescence lifetime increase with post-annealing temperature and a fluorescence lifetime of 2.4ms was achieved, yielding promising results for compact waveguide amplifiers
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Published date: August 2009
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erbium doping, tantalum pentoxide, photoluminescence, high index contrast material
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78857
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