Ultraviolet amplified spontaneous emission from zinc oxide ridge waveguides on silicon substrate

Siu Fung Yu, Clement Yuen, Shu Ping Lau, Y. G. Wang, H. W. Lee, B. K. Tay

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Abstract

Device-quality ZnO thin films were deposited on lattice-mismatched silicon substrate by the FCVA technique. High intensity UV ASE was observed from the devices at room temperature. A stable fundamental TE mode was maintained inside the ridge waveguide at high pump intensity, and the corresponding maximum net optical gain was found to be 120 cm-1at 1.9 MW/cm2pump intensity. This high pump intensity indicate that the ZnO thin films on silicon substrate can withstand catastrophic optical damage at very high pump (lasing) intensities, so that they are a durable active medium to realize lasers.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4288-4290
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume83
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Nov 2003
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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