Controlled modification of erbium lifetime in silicon dioxide with metallic overlayers uri icon

abstract

  • The authors report systematic measurements of the lifetime of the 1.54 m transition of erbium implanted at different energies in Si O2 films coated with different metals (titanium and chromium). The lifetime shows a strong reduction (up to a factor of 20) with decreasing distance between the erbium and the metal overlay. Their experiments combined with rigorous theoretical modeling demonstrate that a high degree of control over the radiative properties of erbium can be achieved in erbium-implanted materials in a wide range of implantation energies. 2007 American Institute of Physics.

published proceedings

  • Applied Physics Letters

author list (cited authors)

  • Bao, J., Yu, N., Capasso, F., Mates, T., Troccoli, M., & Belyanin, A.

citation count

  • 20

complete list of authors

  • Bao, Jiming||Yu, Nanfang||Capasso, Federico||Mates, Thomas||Troccoli, Mariano||Belyanin, Alexey

publication date

  • September 2007