Fabrication and characterization of low loss rib chalcogenide waveguides made by dry etching
Author(s) -
Yinlan Ruan,
Weitang Li,
R.A. Jarvis,
N. R. Madsen,
Andrei V. Rode,
Barry LutherDavies
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.005140
Subject(s) - chalcogenide , materials science , fabrication , optics , etching (microfabrication) , refractive index , waveguide , characterization (materials science) , chalcogenide glass , phase (matter) , dry etching , optoelectronics , laser , nanotechnology , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , organic chemistry , pathology , layer (electronics)
We report the fabrication and characterization of rib chalcogenide waveguides produced by dry etching with CF4 and O2. The high index contrast waveguides (Deltan ~1) show a minimum propagation loss of 0.25 dB/cm. The high refractive nonlinearity of 100 times silica in As2S3 allowed observation of a pi phase shift due to self-phase modulation of an 8 ps duration 1573 nm pulse in a 5 cm long waveguide.
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