• DocumentCode
    2534430
  • Title

    Total internal reflection mirrors and etched beam splitters for compact photonic integrated circuits

  • Author

    Kim, Byungchae ; Chang, Yu-Chia ; Dagli, Nadir

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    438
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    TIR mirrors and etched beam splitters based on weakly guided waveguides are demonstrated in GaAs/Al0.9Ga0.1As system. Mirror loss of 0.45 dB is measured. Resonators with 1.2 dB round trip loss and 7.6 nm FSR are also demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; etching; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; light reflection; mirrors; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical materials; optical resonators; optical waveguides; GaAs-Al0.9Ga0.1As; TIR mirrors; compact photonic integrated circuits; etched beam splitters; loss 0.45 dB; loss 1.2 dB; resonators; round trip loss; total internal reflection mirror loss; weakly guided waveguides; Etching; Filling; Loss measurement; Mirrors; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343210
  • Filename
    5343210