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Optimization of photoluminescence from W centers in silicon-on-insulator for waveguide-coupled sources

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Sonia M. Buckley, Alexander N. Tait, Galan Moody, Kevin L. Silverman, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Jeffrey M. Shainline, Stephen Olson, Joshua Hermann, Satyvalu Papa Rao

Abstract

W centers are trigonal defects generated by self-ion implantation in silicon that exhibit photoluminescence at 1.218\textmu m. We have shown previously that they can be used in waveguide-integrated all-silicon light-emitting diode sources. Here we optimize the implant energy, fluence and anneal conditions for the substrate used for waveguide-integrated devices, and observe near two orders of magnitude improvement in photoluminescence intensity relative to our previous work. We further show that such light sources are compatible with a 300 mm foundry process by demonstrating photoluminescence of similar intensity from 300-mm SOI wafers. We demonstrate uniformity of luminescence across the wafer that is within the measurement error.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics

Keywords

LEDs, semiconductor defects, neuromorphic

Citation

Buckley, S. , Tait, A. , Moody, G. , Silverman, K. , Nam, S. , Mirin, R. , Shainline, J. , Olson, S. , Hermann, J. and Papa, S. (2020), Optimization of photoluminescence from W centers in silicon-on-insulator for waveguide-coupled sources, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.386450 (Accessed December 3, 2024)

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Created May 12, 2020, Updated October 7, 2020