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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801419
