• DocumentCode
    17847
  • Title

    Athermal Silicon Slot Waveguide With an Ormocomp Polymer Overlayer

  • Author

    Fegadolli, William S. ; Lira, Hugo L. R. ; Hiltunen, Mwaba ; Karioja, Pentti ; Almeida, Vilson R. ; Scherer, Axel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    15-Jul-14
  • Firstpage
    1414
  • Lastpage
    1417
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a proof-of-concept for an athermal silicon slot waveguide using Ormocomp as a top cladding. Preliminarily theoretical and experimental results show that the slot waveguide geometry can completely cancel out its thermo-optical coefficient, by tailoring the optical mode overlap with silicon, silicon dioxide, and Ormocomp.
  • Keywords
    claddings; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; Ormocomp polymer overlayer; Si; SiO2; athermal silicon slot waveguide; optical mode; proof-of-concept; slot waveguide geometry; thermo-optical coefficient; top cladding; Optical device fabrication; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Silicon photonics; athermal waveguides; integrated optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2014.2326553
  • Filename
    6819792