Title :
Solution-cast As2S3 raised strip waveguides for integrated mid-ir optics
Author :
Tsay, Candice ; Mujagic, Elvis ; Gmachl, Claire F. ; Arnold, Craig B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The development of planar chalcogenide glass waveguides leads the way toward integrated mid-infrared optics. As2S3 waveguides fabricated by solution casting have a transmission loss of 9.47 dB/cm at 4.8 mum.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; As2S3; integrated mid-infrared optics; planar chalcogenide glass waveguides; raised strip waveguides; solution-cast; transmission loss; wavelength 4.8 mum; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Propagation losses; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers; (130.2755) Glass waveguides; (310.1860) Deposition and Fabrication;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
