Date of Award

1-1-2012

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 (xxvii, 148 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Alain E Kaloyeros

Committee Members

Mengbing Huang, Alain C Diebold, Hassaram Bakhru, Spyros Gallis

Keywords

Electroluminescence, Erbium, Erbium Oxide, Erbium Silicate, MOS Structures, Photoluminescence, Nanosilicon, Metal oxide semiconductors

Subject Categories

Materials Science and Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Abstract

Silicon-based photonics requires several components, such as a light source, an amplifier/waveguide to transfer the signal, and a photodetector to detect the signal. The motivation for using these silicon-based technologies in photonics applications is two-fold: economic advantages offered by the compatibility with mature silicon IC manufacturing and its excellent material properties for photonic devices (high thermal conductivity, high optical damage threshold, etc.). One of the major challenges in the realization of this technology is the Si-based light source. Because of its indirect bandgap, silicon has very inefficient band-to-band radiative electron-hole recombination. To overcome this obstacle, tremendous research efforts have been focused on finding methods to enhance light emission from silicon compatible materials such as nanocrystals, Si/SiO2 superlattices, erbium-doped silicon-rich oxides, erbium oxides/silicates, and SiO2/Si MOS structures. This thesis research work will focus on the last three mentioned methods to enhance light emission.

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