Erbium Doped Quantum Dot and Si:O and Plasmon Resonance Enabled Quantum Dot Nanoscale Lasers

Abstract

The most significant accomplishments in this project are: (a) the demonstration of optically pumped silicon based light emitters utilizing colloidal PbSe QD which are inserted in PC microcavities for efficient coupling. Enhancements of spontaneous emission with a linewidth of-2.0 run, corresponding to a cavity Q factor of 775, is observed at 1550 nm at room temperature; (b) an electrically injected silicon based light source using PbSe QDs, which are more compact and versatile. With a current density of 113 mA/cm2, a resonance at X=1669 nm having a linewidth of 4nm is observed, which corresponds to a cavity Q factor of-420. This nanoscale light source based on silicon, which is capable of being fabricated on CMOS chips, is of interest as a practical technology for optical interconnects in silicon photonics; (c) the demonstration of possibility of surface Plasmon enabled nanolaser with round-trip gain in the sense that the transmission in the waveguide increases as the pumping power increases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 2009
Accession Number
ADA515952

Entities

People

  • Pallah Bhattacharya

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductive Polymers
  • Crystals
  • Current Density
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Light Sources
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photonics
  • Q Factor
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Wells
  • Resonance
  • Surface Plasmon Polaritons
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Surface Plasmons
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing