Title :
Silicon waveguide based broadband thermal emitter for MIR
Author :
Fohrmann, Lena Simone ; Petrov, A.Yu. ; Eich, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt. & Electron. Mater., Hamburg Univ. of Technol., Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
We present the design for a MIR integrated source based on the thermal emission of a heated silicon waveguide. With a temperature of 1000 K a total power of 0.47 μW can be achieved.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; silicon; thermo-optical devices; MIR integrated source; Si; silicon waveguide based broadband thermal emitter; temperature 1000 K; thermal emission; Absorption; Broadband communication; Heating; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon-on-insulator; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961982
