PROJECT DETAILS
| Name: |
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New technology of optical thin layers based on carbon and organic materials for active structure of integrated optics |
| Principal investigator: |
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Assoc. Prof. Ivan Hüttel, DSc. |
| Member: |
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Jiří Janta, Ph.D.; Miroslav Skalský, Ph.D. |
| From: |
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2003-01-01 |
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| To: |
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2005-12-31 |
The aim of the proposed project is at research in the technology of new
materials and the development of new techniques for the preparation of
planar optically active structures, mainly polymeric carbon layers, on
the silicon substrate. Specifically, carbon layers with -(C-C)-, -(C=C)-
and -(C=N-C)- bonds or, potentially, the layers with bonds to silicon
will be studied. New method of doping of these wave-guiding layers with
laser-active ions will be studied with respect to the luminescence
efficiency using, among others, the new and original method of low
temperature diffussion of erbium and other elements contained in
solution. Preparation of optically active thin polymeric organic films
will also be among the goals of the project. In the first stage, high
purity common polymers as eg. polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) or
polystyrene (PS) will be used. Solutions of these polymers in acetone or
toluene will be doped with salts of trivalent lanthanoids (mainly Nd and
Er). The effect of concentration and distribution of the dopant on the
luminescence properties of the layer and basic waveguide characteristics
(optical attenuation, mode structure etc.) will be studied for both
types of materials.
The role of the IREE team is in the diagnostics and characterization of
waveguide properties (mode structure, attenuation, luminescence
properties of waveguides etc.)
