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Optical gain and stimulated emission in silicon nanocrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

L. Dal Negro ,
M. Cazzanelli ,
Z. Gaburro ,
P. Bettotti ,
L. Pavesi ,
D. Pacifici ,
G. Franzò ,
F. Priolo  and
F. Iacona
L. Dal Negro
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, via Sommarie 14, Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
M. Cazzanelli
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, via Sommarie 14, Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
Z. Gaburro
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, via Sommarie 14, Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
P. Bettotti
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, via Sommarie 14, Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
L. Pavesi
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, via Sommarie 14, Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo (Trento), Italy
D. Pacifici
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Catania, I-95129 Catania
G. Franzò
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Catania, I-95129 Catania
F. Priolo
Affiliation:
INFM-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Catania, I-95129 Catania
F. Iacona
Affiliation:
CNR-IMM, Sezione di Catania, I-95121 Catania, Italy
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Abstract

Time-resolved luminescence measurements on silicon nanocrystal waveguides have revealed a fast recombination dynamics, related to population inversion which leads to net optical gain. The waveguide samples were obtained by thermal annealing of plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposited thin layers of silicon rich oxide Variable stripe length measurements performed on the fast emission signal have shown an exponential growth of the amplified spontaneous emission, with net gain values of about 10 cm-1. Both the fast component intensity and its temporal width revealed threshold behaviour as a function of the incident pump intensity. A modelling of the decay dynamics is suggested within an effective four level rate equation treatment including the delicate interplay among stimulated emission and Auger recombinations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 738: Symposium G – Spatially Resolved Characterization of Local Phenomena in Materials and Nanostructures , 2002 , G8.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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