Sol-Gel Erbium-Doped Silica-Hafnia Planar and Channel Waveguides

dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Rogéria R.
dc.contributor.authorCarturan, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorZampedri, Luca
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorArmellini, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorChiasera, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorMattarelli, M.
dc.contributor.authorMoser, Enrico
dc.contributor.authorMontagna, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorRighini, Giancarlo C.
dc.contributor.authorPelli, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorNunzi Conti, Gualtiero
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Sidney J.L. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMessaddeq, Younes [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMinotti, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorFoglietti, Vittorio
dc.contributor.authorPortales, Hervè
dc.contributor.institutionUniversità di Trento
dc.contributor.institutionIst. di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie
dc.contributor.institutionIst. di Fis. Applicata Nello Carrara
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionMEMS Group
dc.contributor.institutionUniversità di Padova
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:20:56Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:20:56Z
dc.date.issued2003-11-27
dc.description.abstractErbium activated SiO2 -HfO2 planar waveguides, doped with Er3+ concentrations ranging from 0.01 to 4 mol%, were prepared by sol-gel method. The films were deposited on v-SiO2 and silica-on-silicon substrates using dip-coating technique. The waveguides show high densification degree, effective intermingling of the two film components, and uniform surface morphology. The waveguide deposited on silica-on-silicon substrates shows one single propagation mode at 1.5μm, with a confinement coefficient of 0.81 and an attenuation coefficient of 0.8 dB/cm at 632.8nm. Emission in the C-telecommunication band was observed at room temperature for all the samples upon continuouswave excitation at 980 nm or 514.5 nm. The shape of the emission band corresponding to the 4I13/2 → 4I15/2 transition is found to be almost independent both on erbium content and excitation wavelength, with a FWHM between 44 and 48 nm. The 4I13/2 level decay curves presented a single-exponential profile, with a lifetime ranging between 1.1 - 6.6 ms, depending on the erbium concentration. Infrared to visible upconversion luminescence upon continuous-wave excitation at 980 nm was observed for all the samples. Channel waveguide in rib configuration was obtained by etching the active film in order to have a well confined mode at 1.5 μm.en
dc.description.affiliationDipto. di Ingegneria dei Materiali Università di Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 1-38050 Trento
dc.description.affiliationCNR-IFN Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, via Sommarive 14, 1-38050 Povo, Trento
dc.description.affiliationDipartimento di Fisica INFM Università di Trento, via Sommarive 14, 1-38050 Povo, Trento
dc.description.affiliationCNR-IFAC Ist. di Fis. Applicata Nello Carrara, via Panciatichi 64, 1-50127 Firenze
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Chemistry UNESP, P.O.Box 355, 14801-970 Araraquara, SP
dc.description.affiliationCNR Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie MEMS Group, Via Cineto Romano 42, I-00156 Roma
dc.description.affiliationDipartimento di Fisica INFM Università di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 1-35131 Padova
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstitute of Chemistry UNESP, P.O.Box 355, 14801-970 Araraquara, SP
dc.format.extent111-120
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.478340
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 4990, p. 111-120.
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/12.478340
dc.identifier.issn0277-786X
dc.identifier.lattes2998503841917815
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0242693284
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/67477
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectChannel waveguides
dc.subjectErbium
dc.subjectLuminescence
dc.subjectSilica-hafnia
dc.subjectSol-gel planar waveguides
dc.subjectDeposition
dc.subjectEtching
dc.subjectMorphology
dc.subjectSemiconductor doping
dc.subjectSilicon wafers
dc.subjectSol-gels
dc.subjectSubstrates
dc.subjectWavelength division multiplexing
dc.subjectPlanar waveguides
dc.subjectOptical waveguides
dc.titleSol-Gel Erbium-Doped Silica-Hafnia Planar and Channel Waveguidesen
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unesp.author.lattes2998503841917815
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Química, Araraquarapt

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