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Signal enhancement and limiting factors in waveguides containing Si nanoclusters and Er3+ ions
D. Navarro Urrios, N. Daldosso, L. Ferraioli, F. Gourbilleau, R. Rizk, P. Pellegrino, B. Garrido and L. Pavesi
D. Navarro-Urrios, Microtechnologies for the New
Millenium 2007, 2-4 May, Maspalomas
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Introduction to the system under study.Characterisation and modelling of the
studied samples.Signal enhancement setup and
measurements.Conclusions
Outline
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We want to improve
Erbium (Er3+)
Usual EDFAsUsual EDFAs (Erbium doped Fiber Amplifier)(Erbium doped Fiber Amplifier)
absabs1010-21-21 cm cm22
Expensive pumping source Expensive pumping source
(resonant, intense and coupled)(resonant, intense and coupled)
by using
Si substrate
buffer S
iO 2
EDWA EDWA (Erbium doped Waveguide Amplifier)(Erbium doped Waveguide Amplifier)
By taking advantage of the couplingBy taking advantage of the coupling
between Si-nc and Erbetween Si-nc and Er3+ 3+ ionsions
Introduction
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Why Si-nc?
Broad band absorption (UV-VIS)
Increment of excitation for Er3+ : exc from ~10-21 (in SiO2) to 10-16-10-18 cm2 (with Si-nc)
Fast (~ 1s) and efficient (~55%) energy transfer from Si-nc to Er3+
Possibility of electrical pumping
Higher index contrast for light confinement
CMOS compatibility
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( )exc excNC NC exc t exc ind Er
dN NN N k N C N
dt
Excitons:
NC NCexc
NC t ind Er
NN
k C N
Steady state:
Nexc
4I15/2
4I13/2
4I11/2, 4I9/2
Er3+
Introduction
Nexc : density of excitonsNNC: total density of Si-nc NC: absorption cross section : intrinsic lifetime of the exciton kt: average coupling rate Cind: percentage of Er3+ coupled to Si-nc
Exciton generation and strong Auger
Intrinsic recombination
Transfer to Er3+
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22 21 d 1 up 2 1 2
d
NN + N - -C Nexc p abs s em s
dNKN N N
dt
221 up 2 1 2
d
NN - -C Nexc p abs s em sN N
Absorption and stimulated emission term
Important for pump and probe measurements
Nexc
N1
N2
Er3+
Excitation term De-excitation mechanisms
Introduction
abs, em, exc, d, Cup ?
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Dep. conditions
Annealing T
The samplesThe samplesEr:Si-nc produced by Reactive Magnetron co-Sputtering and successive annealing to get phase separation and reduction of non
radiative defects
Si-substrate
Si-nc doped Er3+(1m)
SiO2
(2÷6 m)
SiO2 (m)
800 nm
Annealing time
Waveguide Sample
Annealing time (min)
Si excess (at. %)
Er content(x1020 cm-3)
n
A 240 7 3±0.1 1.61 0.62
B 60 7 4±0.1 1.545 0.51
C 30 6-7 5.4±0.2 1.516 0.48
D 10 6-7 5.4±0.2 1.48 0.28
n increases with annealing time
Optical litography andReactive ion etching
F. Gourbilleau et al., JAP, 94, 3869 (2003)JAP 95, 3717 (2004).
NSi-nc1x1017cm-3
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Determination of abs and em
h
kTem abs e
Mc Cumber relation:
From transmission measurements
abs and em
abs and em similar to that of Er3+ in SiO2
1400 1450 1500 1550 1600
30
35
40
450
2
4
6
0
2x10-21
4x10-21
6x10-21
abs (
cm2)
abs (
dB
/cm
)
Real measurement Background losses
In
s. lo
sses
(dB
)
Wavelength (nm)
abs
L
Absorption losses
5dB/cm
Decreasing with annealing time
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Total lifetime and cooperative up-conversion
22 2up 2
d
( ) N ( )-C N ( )
dN t tt
dt
Quantitative measurements of the photon flux emitted from the samples. It is so possible to correlate
the number of emitted photons with N2
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Total lifetime and cooperative up-conversion
0 2 4 6
1017
1018
1019
N2(c
m-3)
time (ms)
sample B-60' sample C-30' sample D-10'
1x1020 (ph/cm2s)
Sample D
Sample C
Sample B
1.98.0E-175.60E+18
3.25.5E-171.06E+19
3.82.0E-179.00E+18
21(ms)Cup (cm3 s-1)N2(t=0) (cm-3)
Sample D
Sample C
Sample B
1.98.0E-175.60E+18
3.25.5E-171.06E+19
3.82.0E-179.00E+18
21(ms)Cup (cm3 s-1)N2(t=0) (cm-3)
d and Cup
Decreases with annealing time
Increases with annealing time
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Excitation cross section at low pump power
1 1exc
r d
0
10
20
30
40
1/ r -
1/ d(s
-1)
1017 ph/s cm2
=2x10-17cm2
=1x10-16cm2
Sample C
0
10
20
30
40
=2x10-17cm2
488 nm 476 nm
Sample B=8x10-17cm2exc
…but seems to be flux dependent, the slope is changing with increasing pump flux
exc is orders of magnitude higher than that of Er3+ in pure silica (~10-21 cm2),
for samples B and C, resonant (488 nm) and non-resonant (476 nm) result in the same exc
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Excited erbium population vs photon flux
1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 10231017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
measurement simulations
N
2 (cm
-3)
Photon flux (ph/cm2s)
pump
=488nm
Sample B
Population
inversion
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( )nc
o
R R
Rexc o dR e
ModellingModelling
Model for exc
Er3+ ions near the Si-nc are efficiently coupled to them, whereas Er3+ ions far away behave more and more as Er3+ in SiO2 that can be excited only directly.
We consider that the first Er to be excited and therefore the strongest coupled would be the closest to the Si-nc
The coupling diminishes with the distance
Rnc
Ro
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Simulations
1016101710181019102010211022102310241025102610271014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
N2 (
cm-3)
Photon flux (ph/cm2s)
through Si-Nc directly excited totalexperimental data
pump
=488nm
Sample B
0 2 4 6 8 10
0
10
20
30
40
1017 ph/s cm21/
r - 1
/ d(s-1)
experimental simulation
d=3.8 ms, Cup=2x10-17cm3s-1, o=3x10-16cm2, d=5x10-21cm2,
Rnc=4nm , Ro=0.5nm, NNC=1x1017cm-3.Doing this for each flux we obtain….
Short range interaction
And this means that only 2-3% of the whole erbium population can be excited trough transfer from Si-nc. The rest can only be excited directly because
simply it is too farIn any case it is about 10-100 excitable Er3+ per Si-nc
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INPUT OUTPUT
PROBE
PUMP
Signal enhancement (Pump&Probe experimental setup)
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Signal enhancement
&2
2exp(2 ) exp
1( )
pump probe excem em Er
probeexc
d
ISE N L N L
I
probe
Signal from sa
mple
To detector
Si substrate buffer S
iO 2
Pump
Probe
SE>1SE1
0 50 100 1500.015
0.020
0.025
0.030
0.035
Inte
nsity
(V
)
pump onpump off
time (sec)
pump off
0.5 1 5 100.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
100 1000
B at 1535 nm C at 1535 nm D at 1535 nm
Power density (W/cm2)
Sig
na
l En
ha
nce
me
nt
(1020phot/cm2s)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
1.00
1.05
1.10
pump on
Sig
nal e
nhan
cem
ent
time (sec)
pump off probe
1510nm Sample D
Internal gain = g
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Signal enhancement
Sample Max SE
(dB/cm)
Propagation
Losses
(dB/cm)
Absorption
Losses (dB/cm)
Max internal gain
(CA corrected)
(dB/cm)
needed
(ph/cm2 s)
B-60’ 0.12 1.2 5.4 0.6 1x1022 (488nm)
C-30’ 0.65 1.6 8.5 0.76 5x1020 (488nm)
D-10’ 0.45 2.0 7.5 0.56 1x1021 (532nm)
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Signal enhancement
From maximum gain value:
2 2em
abs Er Er
N Ng
N N
Sample Max N2/NEr
B-60’ 11%
C-30’ 9%
D-10’ 7%
…but only 2-3% is being excited thorugh transfer from the Si-nc
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Conclusions
• We have measured and quantified reliable values for:
Absorption and emission cross sectionsTotal lifetimes and cooperative up-conversion coefficientsEffective excitation cross sections at low pump powerIndirectly excitable Er3+ population through Si-nc energy
transfer (2-3% of the Er3+ concentration)
• Using a pump and probe technique we have demonstrated values of internal gains of around 0.7dB/cm
We still have to optimize the Si-nc:Er3+ ratio and the characteristics of the Si-nc in order to excite the whole Er population through indirect energy transfer
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THANK YOU!
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As much Er3+ as possible (avoiding up-conversion phenomena, NEr4-5x1020cm-3)
Enough Si-nc to excite all the Er3+ ions Good modal confinement Low waveguide losses (not that due to absorption of Er3+)
Gain favouring
Gain limiting Up-conversion (shifts the pump threshold for population inversion
towards higher pump energies) Excited state absorption Non radiative de-excitation (Auger de-excitation with a nearby
exciton) Carrier absorption in Si-nc (decreases the signal and blocks the
transfer to Er ions)
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Propagation losses at 1600nmPropagation losses at 1600nm
Losses at 1600 nm are essentially propagation losses of the rib loaded waveguide
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2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
4
8
12
16
0.4
0.2
0.1
n2
n SiO2
(m
s-1)
rad (from equation)
PL
(measured) Life
time (
ms)
n2
rad, SiO2
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
0
5
10
n SiO2
abs(1
0-21 cm
2 )
SiO2
Radiative lifetime determination
2
22
0
81e
rad
nd
c
Also, from Mc Cumber analysis:
Local fieldeffects prevail
Medium fieldeffects prevail
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Excited Er3+ vs pump flux
1017 1018 1019 1020 10211017
1018
1019
N2
(cm
-3)
Photon flux (ph/cm2s)
experimental data
pump
=488nm
Sample B, 60'
1E16 1E17 1E18 1E19 1E20 1E21 1E22 1E23 1E24 1E25 1E26 1E271E14
1E15
1E16
1E17
1E18
1E19
1E20
1E21
1E22
N2 p
opul
atio
n (c
m-3
)Photon flux (ph/cm2s)
through Si-Nc directly excited totalexperimental data
ind
=2E-17 cm-2
d=5E-21cm-2
k=2%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
x 1017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
photon flux(ph/cm2 s)
1/ta
uris
e-1/
tauf
all(s
-1)
simulationexperimental (Fabrice)
11
1(
)r
d
s
Photon flux (ph/cm2s)
…but
SimulationExperimental
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Around 96% of the total volume of the sample is occupied by Er3+ that are only excitable through direct photon excitation, because simply they are too far from a Si-nc.