• DocumentCode
    2097956
  • Title

    Fabrication of As2S3 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