Transparent amorphous silicon channel waveguides with silicon nitride intercladding layer

We have experimentally demonstrated single mode amorphous silicon channel waveguides with low optical transmission loss of 2.7±0.4 dB/cm for TE mode in the 1550 nm range. This result was achieved by using hydrogen passivation of a-Si dangling bonds and a thin, low loss silicon nitride intercladding...

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Main Authors: Sun, Rong (Contributor), McComber, Kevin A. (Contributor), Cheng, Jing (Contributor), Sparacin, Daniel K. (Contributor), Beals, Mark A. (Contributor), Michel, Jurgen (Contributor), Kimerling, Lionel C. (Contributor)
Other Authors: MIT Materials Research Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microphotonics Center (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Institute of Physics, 2013-10-04T16:13:59Z.
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