Title :
Reliability improvement of hybrid organic-inorganic waveguides by dielectric passivation
Author :
Mishechkin, Oleg V. ; Lu, Dong ; Fallahi, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we report a simple passivation method based on a dielectric coating above the fabricated waveguides. Our results indicate a significant reduction in waveguide loss and improved reliability of the waveguides. A long-term propagation loss stabilized below 0.3 dB/cm at 1550 nm of a silica passivated sol-gel slab waveguide is reported.
Keywords :
optical losses; optical multilayers; optical waveguide components; optical waveguides; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; reliability; silicon compounds; sol-gel processing; 1550 nm; SiO2; dielectric coating; dielectric passivation; hybrid organic-inorganic waveguide; long-term propagation loss stabilization; silica passivated sol-gel slab waveguide; waveguide loss; waveguide reliability; Coatings; Dielectrics; Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Passivation; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252980
