Submicrometer-width TiO2 waveguides
Publication information:
C. C. Evans, J. D.B. Bradley, J. Choy, O. Reshef, P. Deotare, M. Loncar, and E. Mazur. 2012. “Submicrometer-Width TiO2 Waveguides”. In . CLEO: Science and Innovations Waveguides and Passive Components (CM3M). doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3M.6
Abstract
We fabricate submicrometer-width TiO2 strip waveguides and measure optical losses at 633, 780, and 1550 nm. Losses of 30, 13, and 4 dB/cm (respectively) demonstrate that TiO2 is suitable for visible-to-infrared on-chip microphotonic devices.