Date of Award

1-1-2013

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Program

Nanoscale Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (xv, 103 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Mengbing Huang

Committee Members

Kathleen A Dunn, Hassaram Bakhru, Gregory Denbeaux, John C Kimball

Keywords

Erbium doped Silicon laser, Gettering, Ion Implantation, Nanocavities, Silver, Silicon compounds, Erbium, Photoluminescence, Ion implantation

Subject Categories

Materials Science and Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Abstract

Erbium doped silicon is of great interest as a potential light source in Silicon Photonics research due to its light emission at 1.54 μm, which corresponds to the minimal loss of optical transmission in silica fibers for telecommunications. In this thesis a basic mechanism for excitation and de-excitation of Er in Si is reviewed. Based on such fundamental understanding, an innovative approach is proposed and implemented to improve Er luminescence properties through the formation of metal nanoparticles via impurity gettering in Si nanocavities.

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