DocumentCode
1550211
Title
0.15 dB/cm loss in Unibond SOI waveguides
Author
Ang, T.W. ; Reed, G.T. ; Vonsovici, A. ; Evans, A.G.R. ; Routley, P.R. ; Josey, M.R.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Volume
35
Issue
12
fYear
1999
fDate
6/10/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
977
Lastpage
978
Abstract
The optical loss of Unibond waveguides is measured and reported for the first time, using grating couplers. At a wavelength of 1.3 μm, a loss of 0.15±0.05 dB/cm is obtained for TE polarisation. This allows good quality low loss integrated optical circuits to be fabricated at low cost
Keywords
light polarisation; optical couplers; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; 1.3 micrometre; Si; TE polarisation; Unibond SOI waveguides; grating couplers; integrated optical circuits; optical loss;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19990689
Filename
788054
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