Title :
Light confinement in ridge-type, single mode multi-slot waveguide with Er-doped silica layers
Author :
Lee, Shinyoung ; Chang, Jee Soo ; Shin, Jung H. ; Yoo, Han G. ; Fu, Yijing ; Fauchet, Philippe M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon
Abstract :
We have fabricated ridge-type, multi-slot waveguides that consist of nanometer-thin Si and Er-doped silica layers. Er ions in the low-index silica region will be used as atom-sized probes for actual power confined in the slot.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; silicon compounds; Er-doped silica layers; SiO2:Er; atom-sized probes; light confinement; low-index silica region; multislot waveguide; ridge waveguides; Atomic layer deposition; Erbium; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Physics; Probes; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0934-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347739
