dc.contributor.author | Ross, Caroline A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kimerling, Lionel C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hu, Juejun | |
dc.contributor.author | Bi, Lei | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-12T18:34:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-08-12T18:34:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-01 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0277-786X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57496 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Lincoln Laboratory | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation. Division of Materials Research | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.841832 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | SPIE | en_US |
dc.title | 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 | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Fabrication and characterization of As2S3/Y3Fe5O12 and Y3Fe5O12/SOI strip-loaded waveguides for integrated optical isolator applications | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | MIT Materials Research Laboratory | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Ross, Caroline A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ross, Caroline A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Kimerling, Lionel C. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Hu, Juejun | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Bi, Lei | |
dc.relation.journal | Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XIV | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Bi, Lei; Hu, Juejun; Kimerling, Lionel; Ross, C. A. | en |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-1249 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-3918 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-6189 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |