Slot waveguides with polycrystalline silicon for electrical injection
- 26 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 17 (3), 1527-1534
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.001527
Abstract
We demonstrate horizontal slot waveguides using high-index layers of polycrystalline and single crystalline silicon separated by a 10 nm layer of silicon dioxide. We measure waveguide propagation loss of 7 dB/cm and a ring resonator intrinsic quality factor of 83,000. The electric field of the optical mode is strongly enhanced in the low-index oxide layer, which can be used to induce a strong modal gain when an active material is embedded in the slot. Both high-index layers are made of electrically conductive silicon which can efficiently transport charge to the slot region. The incorporation of conductive silicon materials with high-Q slot waveguide cavities is a key step for realizing electrical tunneling devices such as electrically pumped silicon-based light sources.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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