• DocumentCode
    712691
  • Title

    Grating coupled low loss Ge-on-Si waveguides and multimode interferometers for the mid-infrared

  • Author

    Nedeljkovic, M. ; Soler Penades, J. ; Khokhar, A.Z. ; Mitchell, C.J. ; Stankovic, S. ; Dominguez Bucio, T. ; Littlejohns, C.G. ; Gardes, F.Y. ; Mashanovich, G.Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Germanium-on-silicon is a promising platform for planar photonics over the entire mid-infrared range. We report here grating coupled Ge-on-Si waveguides with record low losses of 0.6dB/cm, multimode interferometers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; diffraction gratings; infrared spectra; optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; Ge-Si; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; grating coupled waveguides; low loss Ge-on-Si waveguides; mid-infrared range; multimode interferometers; planar photonics; Absorption; Decision support systems; Gratings; Interferometers; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7122077
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=712691