Study of an efficient longitudinal multimode pumping scheme for Si-nc sensitized EDWAs

V. Toccafondo; F. Di Pasquale; S. Faralli; N. Daldosso; L. Pavesi; H.E. Hernandez-Figueroa

doi:10.1364/OE.15.014907

Study of an efficient longitudinal multimode pumping scheme for Si-nc sensitized EDWAs

V. Toccafondo, F. Di Pasquale, S. Faralli, N. Daldosso, L. Pavesi, and H.E. Hernandez-Figueroa

Optics Express
Vol. 15,
Issue 22,
pp. 14907-14913
(2007)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.014907

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V. Toccafondo, F. Di Pasquale, S. Faralli, N. Daldosso, L. Pavesi, and H.E. Hernandez-Figueroa, "Study of an efficient longitudinal multimode pumping scheme for Si-nc sensitized EDWAs," Opt. Express 15, 14907-14913 (2007)

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- Original Manuscript: August 10, 2007
- Revised Manuscript: October 5, 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: October 8, 2007
- Published: October 26, 2007

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Abstract

We present an efficient multimode longitudinal pumping scheme which overcomes the main limitations of single-mode longitudinal pumping as well as top pumping in Si-nanoclusters sensitized Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers. The proposed configuration is based on evanescent pump light coupling from a multimode waveguide to a Si-nanoclusters sensitized Er³⁺-doped active core. Theoretical predictions, based on propagation and population-rate equations for the coupled Er³⁺/Si-nanoclusters system, point out that the proposed pumping scheme can provide high pump intensity within the active core, also ensuring good uniformity of the population inversion along the waveguide amplifier. Although longitudinal multimode pumping by high power LEDs in the visible can potentially lead to low cost integrated amplifiers, further material optimization is required. In particular, we show that when dealing with high pump intensities, confined carrier absorption seriously affects the amplifier performance, and an optimization of both Si-nc and Er³⁺ concentrations is necessary.

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[Crossref]

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[Crossref]

Daldosso, N.

Fang, A. W.

H. Park, A. W. Fang, O. Cohen, R. Jones, Paniccia M.J., and Bowers J. E., “A Hybrid AlGaInAs-Silicon Evanescent Amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 19, 230–232 (2007).
[Crossref]

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[Crossref]

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Garcia, C.

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Garrido, B.

Gourbilleau, F.

Han, H-S.

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J. E., Bowers

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M.J., Paniccia

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Reichmann, K.C.

Rizk, R.

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Shin, J. H.

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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., (1)

H. Park, A. W. Fang, O. Cohen, R. Jones, Paniccia M.J., and Bowers J. E., “A Hybrid AlGaInAs-Silicon Evanescent Amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 19, 230–232 (2007).
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L. H. Slooff, P. G. Kik, A. Tip, and A. Polman, “Pumping Planar Waveguide Amplifiers Using A coupled Waveguide System,” J. Lightwave Technol. 19, 1740–1744 (2001)
[Crossref]

H.E. Hernandez-Figueroa, “Simple Nonparaxial Beam-propagation method for Integrated Optics,” J. Lightwave Technol. 12, 644–649 (1994).
[Crossref]

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J. of Lightwave Technol., (1)

B. Jalali and S. Fathpour, “Silicon Photonics,” J. of Lightwave Technol., 24, pp. 4600–4615 (2006).
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Opt. Express (1)

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S. Ossicini, L. Pavesi, and F. Priolo,“Light Emitting Silicon For Microphotonics,” Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 194 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin) (2003).
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Fig. 1. Waveguide structure and refractive indices

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Fig. 2. Pump power transfer and average inversion characteristics

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Fig. 3. Pump and signal light distributions at waveguide input/output

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Fig. 4. Gain versus Si-nc content at different Er concentrations

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Fig. 5. Gain versus waveguide length at different pump power densities

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Table 1. Si-nc Er³⁺ doped layer parameters

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- 2 j β_{s} k_{os} \frac{\partial ψ_{s}}{\partial z} = \frac{\partial^{2} ψ_{s}}{{\partial y}^{2}} + k_{os}^{2} (ε_{xs} - β_{s}^{2}) ψ_{s}

- 2 j β_{p} k_{op} \frac{\partial ψ_{p}}{\partial z} = \frac{\partial^{2} ψ_{p}}{{\partial y}^{2}} + k_{op}^{2} (ε_{xp} - β_{p}^{2}) ψ_{p}

ε_{xs} = ε_{Rxs} + j [\frac{n_{r} λ_{s}}{2 π} (α_{s} + σ_{CCA} N_{b} + σ_{12} N_{1} - σ_{21} N_{2})]

ε_{xp} = ε_{Rxp} + j [\frac{n_{r} λ_{p}}{2 π} (α_{p} + σ_{ab} N_{a})]

Parameter used in the waveguide design	Parameter value
Si-nc to Er³⁺ energy transfer coefficient	2×10^-20 m³/s
Er³⁺ absorption cross section at 1532 nm	6.6×10^-25 m²
Er³⁺ emission cross section at 1532 nm	5.7×10^-25 m²
Si-nc absorption cross-section at 477 nm	2×10^-20 m²
Erbium concentration	1×10²⁶ - 3×10²⁶ ions/m³
Si-nc content	5×10²³ - 8×10²⁴/m³
Si-nc recombination lifetime	25 μs
Er³⁺ metastable level lifetime	8.5 ms
Pump power density range	4-8 ×10⁴ W/m
Signal power density	1 W/m
Er³⁺ metastable up-conversion coefficient	5.95×10^-23 m³/s
(with N_Er=3×10²⁶ ions/m³)
Background losses α_p,s	0.5 dB/cm

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2007 (1)

2006 (5)

2001 (2)

1994 (1)

Barbier, D.

Battaglin, G.

Birk, M.

Bowers, J. E.

Cassagnettes, C.

Chang, J. S.

Clauss, G.

Cohen, O.

Daldosso, N.

Fang, A. W.

Fathpour, S.

Frigo, N.J.

Garcia, C.

Garret, T.

Garrido, B.

Gourbilleau, F.

Han, H-S.

Hernandez-Figueroa, H.E.

Iannone, P.P

J. E., Bowers

Jalali, B.

Jhe, J-H.

Jones, R.

Kik, P. G.

Lee, H.

Lee, J.

M.J., Paniccia

Melchiorri, M.

Navarro-Urrios, D.

Ossicini, S.

Paniccia, M. J.

Park, H.

Park, N.

Pavesi, L.

Pellegrino, P.

Perrier, S.

Phlipsen, J.

Polman, A.

Priolo, F.

Pucker, G.

Reichmann, K.C.

Rizk, R.

Sada, C.

Seo, S-Y.

Shin, J. H.

Slooff, L. H.

Tip, A.

Valette, S.

Verlucco, A.

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. (2)

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (1)

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., (1)

J. Lightwave Technol. (2)

J. Lumin. (1)

J. of Lightwave Technol., (1)

Opt. Express (1)

Other (2)

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