• DocumentCode
    1575456
  • Title

    Thin-film interference effect in scattering loss of high-index-contrast planar waveguides

  • Author

    Schmid, J.H. ; Delâge, A. ; Lapointe, J. ; Lamontagne, B. ; Janz, S. ; Cheben, P. ; Densmore, A. ; Xu, D. -X ; Yap, K.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microstruct. Sci., Nat. Res. Council Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    812
  • Lastpage
    813
  • Abstract
    We show by theoretical analysis and experiments on submicrometer silicon-on-insulator channel waveguides that the optical scattering loss of high-index-contrast planar waveguides is modified significantly by a thin-film interference effect, caused by boundary reflections.
  • Keywords
    light interference; light scattering; optical films; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; thin films; Si-SiO2; boundary reflection; high-index-contrast planar waveguides; optical scattering loss; submicrometer silicon-on-insulator channel waveguides; thin-film interference effect; Cause effect analysis; Interference; Optical losses; Optical planar waveguides; Optical scattering; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Transistors; SOI; Scattering; loss; photonic wire; roughness; siliconon-insulator; waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688869
  • Filename
    4688869
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1575456