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  • Title: Single-mode GaAs/AIGaAs W waveguides with a low propagation loss.
    Author: Byun YT, Park KH, Kim SH, Choi SS, Lim TK.
    Journal: Appl Opt; 1996 Feb 20; 35(6):928-33. PubMed ID: 21069091.
    Abstract:
    We have designed a low-loss single-mode GaAs/AIGaAs optical waveguide with a symmetric five-layer heterostructure at the 1.31-µm wavelength by use of an effective-index method. Waveguides with a W-shaped refractive-index profile have been grown by use of a metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition technique and fabricated with a chemical wet-etching method. Propagation loss has been measured by use of the Fabry-Perot resonance method and a sequential-cleaving experiment. The measured loss is as low as 0.19 dB/cm for waveguides with 2.3-µm thickness and 4.3-µm width, which is comparable to the lowest-loss semiconductor waveguides yet reported. These waveguides could be used to make low-loss modulators for guided-wave devices.
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