Light Propogation in Planar Optical Waveguides made of Silicon Nanocrystals Buried in Silica Glass

Janda, Petr; Valenta, Jan; Ostatnicky, T; Pelant, I; Elliman, Robert

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Light Propogation in Planar Optical Waveguides made of Silicon Nanocrystals Buried in Silica Glass

Date

2006

Authors

Janda, Petr

Valenta, Jan

Ostatnicky, T

Pelant, I

Elliman, Robert

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Silicon nanocrystals fabricated by Si+-ion implantation (400 keV, fluences from 4 to 6 × 1017 cm- 2) of fused silica form interesting active planar optical waveguides. The nanocrystals emit orange-red photoluminescence (PL) (under UV-blue excitation) and