Title :
Edge-conformed silicon-graphene waveguides: Fabrication and measurements
Author :
Horvath, C. ; Bachman, D. ; Van, V.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Nanotools Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrated a method for fabricating edge-conformed silicon-graphene waveguides on an SOI chip. Transmission measurements showed large waveguide attenuation of 0.1dB/μm for TM and 0.036dB/μm for TE mode due to strong optical absorption of graphene.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; graphene; integrated optics; light absorption; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; SOI chip; Si-C; TE mode; TM mode; edge-conformed silicon-graphene waveguides; optical absorption; transmission measurements; waveguide attenuation; Absorption; Attenuation; Graphene; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961953
