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Polymer/Perovskite Amplifying Waveguides for Active Hybrid Silicon Photonics

Iván Mora-seróJuan P. Martínez-pastorEmilio J. Juarez-perezJuan BisquertIsaac Suárez

subject

Optical amplifierHybrid halide perovskitesMaterials scienceSilicon photonicsSiliconbusiness.industryOperation waveguide optical amplifierMechanical Engineeringchemistry.chemical_elementNanotechnologyPoly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) encapsulationPhotonic devicelaw.inventionLaser linewidthchemistryMechanics of MaterialslawNet gainOptoelectronicsGeneral Materials SciencePhotonicsbusinessWaveguidePerovskite (structure)

description

The emission properties of hybrid halide perovskites are exploited to implement a stable and very low power operation waveguide optical amplifier integrated in a silicon platform. By optimizing its design with a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) encapsulation, this novel photonic device presents a net gain of around 10 dB cm−1 and 3–4 nm linewidth with an energy threshold as low as 2 nJ pulse−1 and exhibiting no degradation after one year. This work was supported by Generalitat Valenciana (Project No. ISIC/2012/008), the Universitat Jaume I (Project No. 12I361.01/1), Spanish MINECO (Projects Nos. MAT2013-47192-C3-1-R and TEC2014-53727-C2-1-R) and EU-NAVOLCHI (Project No. 288869).

10.1002/adma.201503245