Considerations on material composition for low-loss hollow-core integrated optical waveguides

H.P. Uranus, Hugo Hoekstra, Embrecht W.C. van Groesen

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    Abstract

    The role of cladding bilayer material compositions to obtain low-loss hollow-core integrated optical waveguides was studied. Using the simple Fresnel reflection formulae, the optimal material composition was determined. It is shown that using bilayers with higher index-contrast does not always lead to a lower loss for (quasi-)linearly polarized modes. Based on that knowledge, structures that exhibit very low leakage loss for quasi-TE00 mode are proposed and designed using Si-compatible materials.
    Original languageUndefined
    Pages (from-to)577-582
    Number of pages6
    JournalOptics communications
    Volume260
    Issue number2/2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • Anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide Hollow waveguide Integrated optics Leaky waves
    • METIS-238094
    • IR-57755
    • EWI-6162

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