Title :
Polarization characteristics of low-loss nano-core buried optical waveguides and directional couplers
Author :
Dai, Daoxin ; Wang, Zhi ; Bauters, Jared F. ; Tien, M. Ch ; Heck, Martijn J R ; Blumenthal, Daniel J. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The characteristics of a low loss buried optical waveguide with a nano-core-layer of SiN is analyzed. With such a low-loss optical waveguide, directional couplers are also designed, fabricated and characterized.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; SiN; directional couplers; low-loss nano-core; optical waveguides; polarization characteristics; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6344-2
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643361
