Title :
Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Ge33As12Se55 (AMTIR-1) Thin Film Waveguides
Author :
Choi, D.Y. ; Madden, Steve ; Rode, Andrei ; Wang, Rongping ; Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices & Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
We present the fabrication process development and the optical characterisation of Ge33As12Se55 rib waveguides. Their low propagation losses (0.27 dB/cm at 1550 nm, the lowest ever reported) strongly support their application in planar integrated nonlinear optic devices.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; etching; germanium compounds; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical films; optical glass; optical losses; optical waveguides; plasma materials processing; pulsed laser deposition; rib waveguides; 1550 nm; AMTIR-1; Ge33As12Se55; optical characterization; planar integrated nonlinear optic devices; plasma etching; plasma patterning processes; propagation losses; rib waveguides; thin film waveguide fabrication; ultra-fast pulsed laser deposition; Etching; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Plasma applications; Plasma waves; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279094
