• DocumentCode
    954590
  • Title

    Photoelastic channel optical waveguides in epitaxial GaAs layers

  • Author

    Westbrook, L.D. ; Fiddyment, P.J. ; Robson, P.N.

  • Author_Institution
    British Post Office Research Centre, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    Photoelastic channel optical waveguides have been fabricated in GaAs epitaxial layers. These waveguides exhibit strong lateral confinement in a single region of their cross-section. They compare favourably with previously demonstrated integrated optical waveguide structures.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical waveguides; photoelasticity; GaAs epitaxial layers; integrated optics; lateral confinement; photoelastic channel optical waveguides; strain field; stripe waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19800121
  • Filename
    4243917