Towards carbon nanotube-based integrated photonics devices

A. Noury; E. Gaufrès; X. Le Roux; N. Izard; L. Vivien; Richard Martel

doi:10.1117/12.2001451

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11 December 2012 Towards carbon nanotube-based integrated photonics devices

A. Noury, E. Gaufrès, X. Le Roux, N. Izard, L. Vivien, Richard Martel

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Proceedings Volume 8564, Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics; 85640E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001451
Event: Photonics Asia, 2012, Beijing, China

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In this paper, we first review and compare the two main techniques allowing to purify and extract selectively semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWNT)). These purification steps are essential to obtain an optical-quality material. Such material is then suitable for optical applications and photonic devices. We present two major advances in carbon nanotubes optics and photonics: on one hand, the demonstration of optical gain in s-swnt by two independent methods, with modal gain as high as 160 ±10 cm^-1 at 1.3 μm and on the other hand, the integration of SWNT in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform as a potential material for integrated photonic devices. Overall coupling efficiency could be estimated up to 10^-1.

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A. Noury, E. Gaufrès, X. Le Roux, N. Izard, L. Vivien, and Richard Martel "Towards carbon nanotube-based integrated photonics devices", Proc. SPIE 8564, Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics, 85640E (11 December 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001451

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