1.5 MU M Fabry-Perot Microcavities Based on Hydrogenated Silicon and Related Materials

Abstract

Fabry-Perot a-Si:H/a- Si:O:H microcavities with Er-doped a-Si:H active region were fabricated by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique. A metalorganic compound was used to incorporate erbium into the active a-Si:H layer. The room temperature transmission, reflection and spontaneous emission spectra of the microcavities with 2 and 3 pairs of layers in distributed Bragg reflectors are measured. An intensity enhancement by two order of magnitude and selective narrowing of the 1.54 micrometer erbium emission line was observed as compared to the case of a single a-Si(Er):H film deposed on a quartz substrate. A theoretical analysis of the experimental data presented is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013191

Entities

People

  • A. A. Dukin
  • A. A. Feoktistov
  • A. B. Pevtsov
  • A. V. Medvedev
  • V. G. Golubev

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Communication Systems
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • Hard Copy
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Optical Communications
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Materials
  • Reflectors
  • Spectra
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Transmittance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.