Title :
Low-loss AlGaAs waveguide performance enhancement for continuous-wave four-wave mixing
Author :
Apiratikul, Paveen ; Porkolab, Gyorgy A. ; Wathen, Jeremiah J. ; Bohan Wang ; Murphy, Thomas E. ; Richardson, C.J.K.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Low-loss nonlinear AlGaAs waveguides are fabricated using plasma-assisted photoresist reflow. A 6.8-dB continuous-wave four-wave mixing conversion efficiency in a 1.35-μm-wide waveguide, and a 44-nm half-width 3-dB bandwidth in a 0.65-μm-wide waveguide are demonstrated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; multiwave mixing; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photoresists; AlGaAs; four-wave mixing; low-loss nonlinear waveguides; low-loss waveguide performance enhancement; plasma-assisted photoresist reflow; wavelength 0.65 mum; wavelength 1.35 mum; wavelength 44 nm; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Resists; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
