Title :
Waveguide Birefringence in Asymmetric Silicon-on-Insulator Nanowires
Author :
Duchesne, David ; Morandotti, Roberto ; Cheben, Pavel ; Lamontagne, Boris ; Xu, Danxia ; Janz, Siegfried
Author_Institution :
Energie, Materiaux et Telecommun., Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Sci., Varennes, Que.
Abstract :
A large group index birefringence of 0.6 is experimentally obtained by a polarisation beating technique in a silicon-on-insulator nano-waveguide. Using the Fabry-Perot resonance method we also determine the group index for two orthogonal polarisations
Keywords :
birefringence; integrated optics; light polarisation; nanowires; optical testing; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Fabry-Perot resonance method; Si-SiO2; asymmetric silicon-on-insulator nanowires; group index; nano-waveguide; orthogonal polarisations; polarisation beating technique; waveguide birefringence; Birefringence; Fabry-Perot; Loss measurement; Nanowires; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Resonance; Silicon on insulator technology; Tellurium; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279092
