• DocumentCode
    1927358
  • Title

    Low loss SiGe waveguides in the MID-IR

  • Author

    Grillet, C. ; Ma, Ping ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Hudson, Donna ; Monat, Christelle ; Madden, Steve ; Moss, David J. ; Brun, Marcel ; Labeye, P. ; Ortiz, S. ; Nicoletti, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. des Nanotechnol. de Lyon, Univ. of Lyon, Ecully, France
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    12-16 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work, we present the first experimental report validating the potential offered by SiGe/Si waveguides in the mid-IR with record low propagation loss over a wide bandwidth, which range between 1.5 dB/cm @3.25 μm down to 0.5 dB/cm @ 4.75 μm.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light propagation; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; SiGe-Si; low loss waveguides; propagation loss; Educational institutions; Loss measurement; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0593-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801419
  • Filename
    6801419