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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 17, Iss. 19 — Sep. 14, 2009
  • pp: 16766–16775

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Reduction of the amplified spontaneous emission threshold in semiconducting polymer waveguides on porous silica.

Fernando Lahoz, Claudio J. Oton, Nestor Capuj, Miriam Ferrer-González, Stephanie Cheylan, and Daniel Navarro-Urrios  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 19, pp. 16766-16775 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.016766


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Abstract

Hybrid organic-inorganic monomode waveguides of conjugated polymers on porous silicon (PS) substrates have been fabricated. Different low refractive index PS substrates, varying from 1.46 down to 1.18 have been studied. Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) has been observed for all the samples and the ASE threshold has been monitored as a function of the PS refractive index. A decrease in the ASE threshold is detected when the PS refractive index decreases. These results have been analysed in the frame of a four level waveguide amplifier model and the theoretical predictions are in agreement with the experimental data.

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OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(130.5460) Integrated optics : Polymer waveguides

ToC Category:
Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: June 4, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 21, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 25, 2009
Published: September 4, 2009

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Fernando Lahoz, Claudio J. Oton, Nestor Capuj, Miriam Ferrer-González, Stephanie Cheylan, and Daniel Navarro-Urrios, "Reduction of the amplified spontaneous emission threshold in semiconducting polymer waveguides on porous silica.," Opt. Express 17, 16766-16775 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-19-16766


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