Hybridization of III-V semiconductor membranes onto ion-exchanged waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 547-554

  Nannini, Matthieu ^a   Grondin, Etienne ^a   Gorin, Arnaud ^a   Aimez, Vincent ^a   Broquin, Jean Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adiabatic coupling; Beam propagation method (BPM) simulation; Die wafer bonding; Hybrid integrated optics; Ion exchanged (IE) waveguides; Modal analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS;

ADIABATIC COUPLING; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM) SIMULATION; DIE WATER BONDING; HYBRID INTEGRATED OPTICS; ION-EXCHANGE (IE) WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 18844455318     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846528     Document Type: Article

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