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Waveguide cores containing silicon nanocrystals as active spectral filters for silicon-based photonics

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Layers of densely packed luminescent Si nanocrystals embedded in fused silica act as wavelength-specific planar waveguides that filter the wide-band spontaneous emission. The waveguides’ light output consists of two spectrally narrow (∼10 nm), orthogonally polarized, and spatially directed bands. This effect is shown to result from leaky modes of the lossy waveguides. The results have general applicability to lossy, asymmetric waveguides and show the way to produce spectrally narrow emission without the use of optical cavities.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 16253, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    I. Pelant, K. Luterová, E. Skopalová & T. Mates

  2. Department of Chemical Physics & Optics, Faculty of Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, 12116, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    T. Ostatnický & J. Valenta

  3. Electronic Materials Engineering Department, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    R.G. Elliman

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Pelant, I., Ostatnický, T., Valenta, J. et al. Waveguide cores containing silicon nanocrystals as active spectral filters for silicon-based photonics. Appl. Phys. B 83, 87–91 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2118-5

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