• DocumentCode
    2250857
  • Title

    Impact of sidewall roughness on integrated Bragg gratings

  • Author

    Simard, Alexandre D. ; Ayotte, Nicolas ; Painchaud, Yves ; LaRochelle, Sophie

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Spectral responses of long Bragg gratings on photonic wires suffer from average effective index fluctuations caused by sidewall roughness. We numerically investigate this effect and determine the required roughness parameters for good quality gratings.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; integrated optics; surface roughness; average effective index fluctuation; good quality grating; integrated Bragg gratings; long Bragg gratings; photonic wires; roughness parameters; sidewall roughness; spectral responses; Bragg gratings; Fabrication; Gratings; Indexes; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951051