InN-based optical waveguides developed by RF sputtering for all-optical applications at 1.55 μm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1857-1860

  Monteagudo Lerma, L ^a   Naranjo, F B ^a   Jimenez Rodriguez M ^a   Postigo, P A ^b   Barrios, E ^c   Corredera, P ^d   Gonzalez Herraez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

active waveguides; all optical devices; Indium nitride; nonlinear optics; sputtering

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; NITRIDES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SAPPHIRE; SPUTTERING; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE WAVEGUIDES; ALL-OPTICAL DEVICE; INDIUM NITRIDE; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY SPUTTERING; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84939456144     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2015.2443873     Document Type: Article

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