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Mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon

Mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon
Mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon
We demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator platform, showing guided modes in the wavelength regime between 2.9 and 3.9 µm. The characterization is performed with a proprietary intra-cavity Optical Parametric Oscillator in a free space optical setup and with a fibre coupled setup using a commercial Quantum Cascade Laser. We discuss the use of an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer for dispersion measurements and report a measured group velocity of up to a value of ng = 12, and determine the propagation loss to be 20 dB/cm.
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Reimer, Christian
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Nedeljković, Miloš
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Esnault, Matthieu O.S.
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Dunn, Malcolm
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Reimer, Christian, Nedeljković, Miloš, Stothard, David J.M., Esnault, Matthieu O.S., Reardon, Christopher, O'Faolain, Liam, Dunn, Malcolm, Mashanovich, Goran Z. and Krauss, Thomas F. (2012) Mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon. Optics Express, 20 (28), 29361-29368. (doi:10.1364/OE.20.029361).

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Abstract

We demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator platform, showing guided modes in the wavelength regime between 2.9 and 3.9 µm. The characterization is performed with a proprietary intra-cavity Optical Parametric Oscillator in a free space optical setup and with a fibre coupled setup using a commercial Quantum Cascade Laser. We discuss the use of an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer for dispersion measurements and report a measured group velocity of up to a value of ng = 12, and determine the propagation loss to be 20 dB/cm.

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Published date: December 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology, Photonic Systems Circuits & Sensors

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Local EPrints ID: 349394
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/349394
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: a34056c7-199a-4fce-8a18-ba2857d5978a
ORCID for Miloš Nedeljković: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9170-7911

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Date deposited: 04 Mar 2013 10:47
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:49

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Author: Christian Reimer
Author: David J.M. Stothard
Author: Matthieu O.S. Esnault
Author: Christopher Reardon
Author: Liam O'Faolain
Author: Malcolm Dunn
Author: Thomas F. Krauss

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