Title :
Surface gratings as a diagnostic for higher order modes in SOI waveguides
Author :
Ta´eed, V.G. ; Moss, D.J. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Freeman, D. ; Madden, S. ; Samoc, M. ; Luther-Davies, B. ; Janz, S. ; Xu, D.X.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., Lindfield, NSW, Australia
fDate :
29 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
We report the first focused ion beam milled silicon-on-insulator waveguide Bragg gratings. We further demonstrate that higher order lossy modes dramatically affect the transmission spectra of surface gratings even in single-mode waveguides.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; focused ion beam technology; milling; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI waveguides; focused ion beam milling; higher order modes; silicon-on-insulator waveguide Bragg gratings; surface gratings; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Australia; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Lithography; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Physics; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2004. First IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8474-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2004.1416717
