Guided wave absorption and fluorescence in epitaxial Er:BaTiO3 on MgO

D. M. Gill*, G. M. Ford, B. A. Block, Seong Soo Kim, B. W. Wessels, S. T. Ho

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Abstract

Guided wave absorption and fluorescence measurement were presented from epitaxial Er:BaTiO3 films grown on MgO. The guided wave Er fluorescence had a full width at half maximum (FWHM) similar to that from Er doped glass with a peak emission at 1534 nm. The guided wave absorption spectrum showed an absorption peak at 1440 nm that was attributed to the second harmonic of an O-H bond resonance. Photoluminescence decay transient measurements indicate that the Er luminescence has an efficiency of 76%. The Er relaxation is dominantly radiative, however, some competing Er relaxation mechanisms are present in the Er:BaTiO3 film.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)126-128
Number of pages3
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume365
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 3 2000

Funding

The authors would like to thank D. Studebaker and T. Marks for providing the barium precursors for the MOCVD of BaTiO 3 . This work is supported by the AFOSR/ARPA under Award No. F49620-96-1-0262 and the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation at the Materials Research Center of Northwestern University under Award No. DMR-9632472. This work made extensive use of the MRC Crystal growth and materials processing facility.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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