@inproceedings{adb7eb67ee4d4c828b22904b1439e721,
title = "Spin-coated erbium-doped silica sol-gel films on silicon",
abstract = "This work reports optical functionality contained in, as well as and produced by, thin film coatings. A sol-gel process, formulated with precursor active ingredients of erbium oxide and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), was used for spin-coating thin (∼130 run) erbium-doped (∼6 at. \%) silica films on single-crystal silicon. Annealed films produce infrared emission in the 1.5-μm band from erbium ions in the film, as well as greatly enhancing (∼100X) band-gap emission from the underlying silicon. The distinctly different mechanisms for the two modes of optical activities are interpreted in terms of optical emission theory and modeling; prospects for optoelectronic applications are discussed.",
keywords = "Photoluminescence, Silicon, Sol-gel processing, Thin films",
author = "S. Abedrabbo and B. Lahlouh and S. Shet and Fiory, \{A. T.\} and Ravindra, \{N. M.\}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1002/9781118356074.ch86",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9781118296073",
series = "TMS Annual Meeting",
publisher = "Minerals, Metals and Materials Society",
pages = "677--684",
booktitle = "Materials Processing and Interfaces",
address = "United States",
note = "141st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, TMS 2012 ; Conference date: 11-03-2012 Through 15-03-2012",
}