Light extraction enhancement of SOI-based erbium/oxygen Co-implanted photonic crystal microcavities

H5 photonic crystal(PC) microcavities co-implanted with erbium(Er) and oxygen(O) ions were fabricated on silicon-on-insulator(SOI) wafers. Photoluminescence(PL) measurements were taken at room temperature and a light extraction enhancement of up to12 was obtained at1.54μm, as compared to an identically implanted unpatterned SOI wafer. In addition, we also explored the adjustment of cavity modes by changing the structural parameters of the PC, and the measured results showed that the cavity-resonant peaks shifted towards shorter wavelengths as the radius of the air holes increased, which is consistent with the theoretical simulation.?2011 Chinese Institute of Electronics.