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Athermal and low loss ridge silicon waveguides

Athermal and low loss ridge silicon waveguides
Athermal and low loss ridge silicon waveguides

In this paper, we investigate athermal and low propagation loss silicon-on-insulator (SOI) rib waveguides. Propagation losses have been modeled for different dimensions of ridge waveguides achieving good agreement with experimental measurements. At certain waveguide widths, it is possible to obtain low propagation losses for both TE (transverse electric) and TM (transverse magnetic) modes. Racetrack ring resonator structures based on ridge waveguides covered by a polymer have been fabricated, aiming for an athermal design and therefore, a very small temperature dependent wavelength shift. Design guidelines for temperature insensitive and small propagation loss ridge waveguides are presented in this paper together with experimental data.

Athermal waveguides, Low loss waveguides, Mode coupling, Near infrared, Silicon-on-insulator
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Milošević, Milan M.
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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Gardes, Frederic Y.
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Hu, Youfang
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Knights, Andrew
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Tarr, N. Garry
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Milošević, Milan M.
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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Tarr, N. Garry
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Milošević, Milan M., Mashanovich, Goran Z., Gardes, Frederic Y., Hu, Youfang, Knights, Andrew, Tarr, N. Garry and Reed, Graham T. (2010) Athermal and low loss ridge silicon waveguides. Kubby, Joel A. and Reed, Graham T. (eds.) In Silicon Photonics V. vol. 7606, SPIE. 8 pp . (doi:10.1117/12.840856).

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In this paper, we investigate athermal and low propagation loss silicon-on-insulator (SOI) rib waveguides. Propagation losses have been modeled for different dimensions of ridge waveguides achieving good agreement with experimental measurements. At certain waveguide widths, it is possible to obtain low propagation losses for both TE (transverse electric) and TM (transverse magnetic) modes. Racetrack ring resonator structures based on ridge waveguides covered by a polymer have been fabricated, aiming for an athermal design and therefore, a very small temperature dependent wavelength shift. Design guidelines for temperature insensitive and small propagation loss ridge waveguides are presented in this paper together with experimental data.

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Published date: 16 February 2010
Venue - Dates: Silicon Photonics V, , San Francisco, CA, United States, 2010-01-24 - 2010-01-27
Keywords: Athermal waveguides, Low loss waveguides, Mode coupling, Near infrared, Silicon-on-insulator

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Local EPrints ID: 481782
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481782
ISSN: 0277-786X
PURE UUID: b50c8598-8a01-402c-bf5d-9caafa329c72
ORCID for Goran Z. Mashanovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-5138
ORCID for Frederic Y. Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Date deposited: 07 Sep 2023 16:37
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Author: Milan M. Milošević
Author: Goran Z. Mashanovich ORCID iD
Author: Frederic Y. Gardes ORCID iD
Author: Youfang Hu
Author: Andrew Knights
Author: N. Garry Tarr
Author: Graham T. Reed
Editor: Joel A. Kubby
Editor: Graham T. Reed

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