• DocumentCode
    1165674
  • Title

    Silicon germanium optical waveguides with 0.5 dB/cm losses for singlemode fibre optic systems

  • Author

    Pesarcik, S.F. ; Treyz, G.V. ; Iyer, Srikanth S. ; Halbout, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    159
  • Lastpage
    160
  • Abstract
    Silicon germanium waveguides with losses of less than 1 dB/cm have been fabricated and characterised at 1.32 mu m. Propagation losses are as low as 0.62 dB/cm for TM polarised light and 0.50 dB/cm for TE polarised light.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; elemental semiconductors; optical losses; optical waveguides; semiconductor materials; silicon; 0.5 dB; 0.62 dB; 1.32 micron; Si-SiGe-Si; TE polarised light; TM polarised light; epitaxial structure; optical waveguides; propagation losses; single mode optical fibre system; singlemode fibre optic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920099
  • Filename
    118943
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1165674