• DocumentCode
    2241681
  • Title

    Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire integrated waveguides for the mid-infrared

  • Author

    Li, F. ; Jackson, S. ; Magi, E. ; Grillet, C. ; Madden, S. ; Moghe, Y. ; Read, A. ; Duvall, S.G. ; Atanackovic, P. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses of <; ldB/cm at λ=1550nm and <; 2dB/cm at λ = 5.08 μm.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; integrated optics; light propagation; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; integrated waveguides; mid-infrared optics; propagation loss; silicon-on-sapphire; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 5.08 mum; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950678