Light emitting slot-waveguide device
US7606455B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/823
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electroluminescent material slot waveguide generates light in response to current injection. In one embodiment, the waveguide is formed as part of an optical resonator, such as ring resonator waveguide or distributed Bragg reflector with an anode and cathode for electrical stimulation. A compact, electrically-driven resonant cavity light emitting devices (RCLED) for Si microphotonics may be formed. Several different rare-earth ions, such as erbium, terbium and ytterbium, can be used to dope SiO2 in order to emit light at different wavelengths.
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