Sol-gel erbium-doped silica-hafnia planar and channel waveguides

被引:14
作者
Gonçalves, RR [1 ]
Carturan, G [1 ]
Zampedri, L [1 ]
Ferrari, M [1 ]
Armellini, C [1 ]
Chiasera, A [1 ]
Mattarelli, M [1 ]
Moser, E [1 ]
Montagna, M [1 ]
Righini, GC [1 ]
Pelli, S [1 ]
Conti, GN [1 ]
Ribeiro, SJL [1 ]
Messaddeq, Y [1 ]
Minotti, A [1 ]
Foglietti, V [1 ]
Portales, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Trent, Dipartimento Ingn Mat, I-38050 Trent, Italy
来源
RARE-EARTH-DOPED MATERIALS AND DEVICES VII | 2003年 / 4990卷
关键词
erbium; silica-hafnia; sol-gel planar waveguides; channel waveguides; luminescence;
D O I
10.1117/12.478340
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Erbium 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 1.5mum, 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 continuous-wave excitation at 980 nm or 514.5 nm. The shape of the emission band corresponding to the I-4(13/2) --> I-4(15/2) transition is found to be almost independent both on erbium content and excitation wavelength, with a FWHM between 44 and 48 rum, The I-4(13/2) 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 mum.
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页数:10
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