• DocumentCode
    1901034
  • Title

    Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire integrated waveguides

  • Author

    Li, F. ; Grillet, C. ; Jackson, S. ; Krug, P. ; Magi, E. ; Monat, C. ; Moghe, Y. ; Read, A. ; Duvall, S.G. ; Atanackovic, P. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for potential applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses <; 1dB/cm in the 1550nm wavelength range and show these devices have potential out to 6 μm.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si-Al2O3; low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire integrated waveguides; midinfrared optics; nanowires; photonic integrated circuits; propagation losses; wavelength 1550 nm; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929919
  • Filename
    5929919