• DocumentCode
    2111618
  • Title

    Germanium-on-silicon mid-infrared waveguides and Mach-Zehnder interferometers

  • Author

    Malik, Anuj ; Muneeb, M. ; Shimura, Y. ; Van Campenhout, J. ; Loo, Roger ; Roelkens, Gunther

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    104
  • Lastpage
    105
  • Abstract
    In this paper we describe Ge-on-Si waveguides and Mach-Zehnder interferometers operating in the 5.2 - 5.4 μm wavelength range. 3dB/cm waveguide losses and Mach-Zehnder interferometers with 20dB extinction ratio are presented.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optics; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; Ge-Si; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; extinction ratio; germanium-on-silicon mid-infrared waveguides; waveguide losses; wavelength 5.2 mum to 5.4 mum; Loss measurement; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon; Wavelength measurement; germanium on silicon; mid-infrared; photonic integrated circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656391
  • Filename
    6656391