Title :
Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for the mid-IR
Author :
Moss, D.J. ; Li, F. ; Jackson, S. ; Magi, E. ; Grillet, C. ; Madden, S. ; Moghe, Y. ; Read, A. ; Duvall, S.G. ; Atanackovic, P. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses of <; 1dB/cm at λ=1550nm, <; 1.5dB/cm at λ=2080nm and <; 2dB/cm at λ=5.08 μm.
Keywords :
light propagation; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical losses; optical waveguides; sapphire; silicon; Si-Al2O3; low propagation loss; midinfrared optics; silicon-on-sapphire nanowire; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 2080 nm; wavelength 5.08 mum; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000044
