Title :
Total internal reflection mirrors and etched beam splitters for compact photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Kim, Byungchae ; Chang, Yu-Chia ; Dagli, Nadir
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
TIR mirrors and etched beam splitters based on weakly guided waveguides are demonstrated in GaAs/Al0.9Ga0.1As system. Mirror loss of 0.45 dB is measured. Resonators with 1.2 dB round trip loss and 7.6 nm FSR are also demonstrated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; etching; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; light reflection; mirrors; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical materials; optical resonators; optical waveguides; GaAs-Al0.9Ga0.1As; TIR mirrors; compact photonic integrated circuits; etched beam splitters; loss 0.45 dB; loss 1.2 dB; resonators; round trip loss; total internal reflection mirror loss; weakly guided waveguides; Etching; Filling; Loss measurement; Mirrors; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343210
