Title :
Characteristics of photoelastic waveguides in SiGe/Si heterostructures
Author :
Lea, E. ; Weiss, B.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
fDate :
2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Singlemode photoelastic stripe waveguides with excess losses of ~2.7 dB cm-1 at a wavelength of 1.523 μm fabricated in SiGe/Si planar heterostructure waveguides using Si3N4 stressor layers are reported
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; optical planar waveguides; photoelasticity; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor materials; 1.523 micron; Si3N4; Si3N4 stressor layer; SiGe-Si; SiGe/Si planar heterostructure; excess loss; single-mode photoelastic stripe waveguide;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970206