NanoSi low loss horizontal slot waveguides coupled to high Q ring resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20762-20770

  Guider, Romain ^a   Daldosso, Nicola ^a   Pitanti, Alessandro ^a   Jordana, Emmanuel ^b   Fedeli, Jeanmarc ^b   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; DEPOSITION; NANOCLUSTERS; RESONATORS; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

ANNEALING PARAMETERS; CENTRAL LAYERS; HORIZONTAL SLOT WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LOSS; RING RESONATOR; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON RICH SILICON OXIDES; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 70749146063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020762     Document Type: Article

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