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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920099
