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Erbium Doped Silicon Single- and Multilayer Structures for LED and Laser Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Zakhary F. Krasilnik
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Boris A. Andreev
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Tom Gregorkiewicz
Affiliation:
Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, NL-1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wolfgang Jantsch
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, A-4040, Linz-Auhof, Austria
Mark A.J. Klik
Affiliation:
Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, NL-1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Denis I. Kryzhkov
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Ludmila V. Krasilnikova
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Viktor P. Kuznetsov
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Hanka Przybylinska
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, PL-02 668 Warszawa, Poland
Dmitry Yu. Remizov
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Vladimir G. Shengurov
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Viacheslav B. Shmagin
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Margarita V. Stepikhova
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Victor Yu. Timoshenko
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Physics Faculty, 119992 Moscow, Russia
Nguyen Q. Vinh
Affiliation:
Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, NL-1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Artem N. Yablonskiy
Affiliation:
Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Denis M. Zhigunov
Affiliation:
Moscow State University, Physics Faculty, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

The paper is a brief retrospective review of our contribution to the Si:Er problem in the last decade. It contains a description of the experimental facilities, results of the light emitting media (Si:Er and Si1-xGex:Er) research and device applications.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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