Title :
Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for the mid-IR
Author :
Li, F. ; Jackson, S. ; Magi, E. ; Grillet, C. ; Madden, S.J. ; Moghe, Y. ; Read, A. ; Brien, C.O. ; Duvall, S.G. ; Atanackovic, P. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses of <; 1dB/cm at λ=1550nm and <; 2dB/cm at λ = 2.08 μm and λ = 5.18 μm, the latter representing a factor of 2 reduction in loss over the best previous results.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; sapphire; silicon-on-insulator; Al2O3; low propagation loss; mid infrared optics; silicon-on-sapphire nanowires; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 2.08 mum; wavelength 5.18 mum; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194094
