Very low loss reactively ion etched Tellurium Dioxide planar rib waveguides for linear and non-linear optics

We report on the fabrication and optical properties of the first very low loss nonlinear Tellurite planar rib waveguides ever demonstrated. A new reactive ion etch process based on Hydrogen as the active species was developed to accomplish the low propagation losses. Optical losses below approximate...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Optics express 2009-09, Vol.17 (20), p.17645-17651
Main Authors: Madden, S J, Vu, K T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Ions
Nonlinear Dynamics
Optical Devices
Refractometry - instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tellurium - chemistry
Transducers
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We report on the fabrication and optical properties of the first very low loss nonlinear Tellurite planar rib waveguides ever demonstrated. A new reactive ion etch process based on Hydrogen as the active species was developed to accomplish the low propagation losses. Optical losses below approximately 0.05 dB/cm in most of the NIR spectrum and approximately 0.10 dB/cm at 1550 nm have been achieved - the lowest ever reported by more than an order of magnitude and clearly suitable for planar integrated devices. We demonstrate strong spectral broadening of 0.6 ps pulses in waveguides fabricated from pure TeO(2), in good agreement with simulations.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.17.017645