Fabrication and characterization of low loss rib chalcogenide waveguides made by dry etching

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5140-5145

  Ruan, Yinlan ^a   Li, Weitang ^a   Jarvis, Ruth ^a   Madsen, Nathan ^a   Rode, Andrei ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; THIN FILMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; REFRACTIVE NONLINEARITY; RIB CHALCOGENIDE WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 9144223231     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005140     Document Type: Article

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