Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for the mid-IR

Autor: David J. Moss, Steve Madden, Steven Grant Duvall, Christian Grillet, Y. Moghe, P. Atanackovic, Eric Magi, Andrew Read, F. Li, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Christopher O’Brien, Stuart D. Jackson
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: 2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series.
Popis: We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses of < 1dB/cm at λ=1550nm and < 2dB/cm at λ = 2.08 μm and λ = 5.18 μm, the latter representing a factor of 2 reduction in loss over the best previous results.
Databáze: OpenAIRE