DocumentCode
2097956
Title
Fabrication of As2 S3 Planar Waveguides with Very Low Propagation Loss
Author
Choi, Duk-Yong ; Madden, Steve ; Rode, Andrei ; Wang, Rongping ; Bulla, Douglas ; Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra
fYear
2007
fDate
21-25 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
102
Lastpage
103
Abstract
We present the fabrication process development and the characterisation of As2S3 waveguides. Their very low losses (0.05 dB/cm at 1550 nm, the lowest ever reported) strongly support their applications in planar integrated optic devices.
Keywords
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical planar waveguides; As2S3; low propagation loss; planar waveguides; Etching; Fabrication; Light scattering; Optical waveguides; Plasma applications; Propagation losses; Rough surfaces; Surface morphology; Surface roughness; X-ray scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382296
Filename
4382296
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