@article { ISI:000249787000003, title = {Controlled modification of erbium lifetime in silicon dioxide with metallic overlayers}, journal = {APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS}, volume = {91}, number = {13}, year = {2007}, month = {SEP 24}, publisher = {AMER INST PHYSICS}, type = {Article}, address = {1305 WALT WHITMAN RD, STE 300, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA}, abstract = {The authors report systematic measurements of the lifetime of the 1.54 mu m transition of erbium implanted at different energies in SiO2 films coated with different metals (titanium and chromium). The lifetime shows a strong reduction (up to a factor of 20) with decreasing distance between the erbium and the metal overlay. Their experiments combined with rigorous theoretical modeling demonstrate that a high degree of control over the radiative properties of erbium can be achieved in erbium-implanted materials in a wide range of implantation energies. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.}, issn = {0003-6951}, doi = {10.1063/1.2785134}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2785134}, author = {Bao, Jiming and Nanfang Yu and Federico Capasso and Mates, Thomas and Troccoli, Mariano and Belyanin, Alexey} }