title: Opportunities for Low Cost Processing of Erbium 8-Quinolinolates for Active Integrated Photonic Applications.
abstract: Erbium-doped organic emitters are promising active materials for Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) due to their emission shown at 1550 nm combined to the potential low cost processing. In particular, Erbium Quinoline (ErQ) gained a strong interest in the last decade for the good emission efficiency. This contribution reports the results derived from the application of ErQ as active core material within a buried optical waveguide, following the development of a purposed optical process to control the refractive index of ErQ and then to define a patterned structure from a single thin film deposition step. The reported results show the potential of Er-doped organic materials for low cost processing and application to planar PICs.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Penna
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mattiello
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Bartolo
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pizzoleo
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Attanasio
authors.forename: Giorgio Maria Tosi
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Beleffi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otomo
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D004871:Erbium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008422:Materials Testing; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018511:Systems Integration
chemical_list: D011804:Quinolines; D004871:Erbium