Fabrication and characterization of As[subscript 2]S[subscript 3]/Y[subscript 3]Fe[subscript 5]O[subscript 12] and Y[subscript 3]Fe[subscript 5]O[subscript 12]/SOI strip-loaded waveguides for integrated optical isolator applications
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Ross, Caroline A.; Kimerling, Lionel C.; Hu, Juejun; Bi, Lei![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/57496/Bi-2010-Fabrication%20and.pdf.jpg?sequence=5&isAllowed=y)
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Fabrication and characterization of As2S3/Y3Fe5O12 and Y3Fe5O12/SOI strip-loaded waveguides for integrated optical isolator applications
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We report two novel strategies to integrate magneto-optical oxides on oxidized silicon and SOI platforms based on strip-loaded waveguide structures. By using conventional waveguide fabrication and thin film deposition techniques, strip-loaded waveguides for magneto-optical non-reciprocal phase shift (NRPS) applications can be integrated on a silicon platform. As a demonstration, two structures, i.e. As[sub 2]S[sub 3]/Y[sub 3]Fe[sub 5]O[sub 12] (YIG) and YIG/SOI waveguides are fabricated. Using pulsed-laser deposition followed by rapid thermal annealing, yttrium iron oxide films in which more than 95 vol.% had crystallized into the YIG phase were achieved on both substrates. The optical loss of the As[sub 2]S[sub 3]/Y[sub 3]Fe[sub 5]O[sub 12] waveguide was characterized by a cut-back method to be ~10 dB/cm at 1550 nm, while the optical loss of a 450nm wide YIG/SOI waveguide was determined to be 41 dB/cm at 1550 nm by measuring the quality factor Q of a pulley-type ring resonator consisting of such waveguides. The propagation loss of polycrystalline YIG on a SiO[subscript 2]/Si substrate was around 50 dB/cm at 1550 nm wavelength. The NRPS and figure of merit of both waveguides were simulated. It is suggested that a Bi:YIG or Ce:YIG layer may be integrated in these waveguide structures to achieve a higher NRPS and figure of merit for optical isolator applications. These waveguide fabrication techniques offer a compact, low cost and etch-free route for integrating magneto-optical materials on a silicon platform, which may be useful for making future integrated optical isolators and other magneto-optical components.
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2010-01Department
MIT Materials Research Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringJournal
Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XIV
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Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
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Bi, Lei et al. “Fabrication and characterization of As[sub 2]S[sub 3]/Y[sub 3]Fe[sub 5]O[sub 12] and Y[sub 3]Fe[sub 5]O[sub 12]/SOI strip-loaded waveguides for integrated optical isolator applications.” Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XIV. Ed. Jean-Emmanuel Broquin & Christoph M. Greiner. San Francisco, California, USA: SPIE, 2010. 760406-10.©2010 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering.
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0277-786X