Guided Photoluminescence from Integrated Carbon-Nanotube-Based Optical Waveguides

Loïc Bodiou (1) , Qingyuan Gu (1) , Maud Guezo (1) , Enguerran Delcourt (1) , Thomas Batté (1) , Jonathan Lemaitre (1) , Nathalie Lorrain (1) , Mohamed Guendouz (1) , Hervé Folliot (1) , Joël Charrier (1) , Kevin S Mistry (2) , B A Larsen , Jeffrey L Blackburn (2) , Jean-Louis Doualan (3) , Alain Braud (3) , Patrice Camy (3)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
3 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique

Thin films and ridge waveguides based on large-diameter semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) dispersed in a polyfluorene derivative are fabricated and optically characterized. Ridge waveguides are designed with appropriate dimensions for single-mode propagation at 1550 nm. Using multimode ridge waveguides, guided s-SWCNT photoluminescence is demonstrated for the first time in the near-infrared telecommunications window.

Mots clés: photoluminescence; waveguides; silicon photonics; carbon nanotubes

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Optique / photonique; Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Loïc Bodiou, Qingyuan Gu, Maud Guezo, Enguerran Delcourt, Thomas Batté, et al.. Guided Photoluminescence from Integrated Carbon-Nanotube-Based Optical Waveguides. Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (40), pp.6181-6186. ⟨10.1002/adma.201502536⟩. ⟨hal-02107403⟩