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Silicon-based Integrated Optics: Waveguide Technology to Microphotonics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Siegfried Janz
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Alexei Bogdanov
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Pavel Cheben
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
André Delâge
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Boris Lamontagne
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Marie-Joseé Picard
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Dan-Xia Xu
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Kuan Pei Yap
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Winnie N. Ye
Affiliation:
Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6; e-mail: siegfried.janz@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Abstract

Using a waveguide spectrometer chip as an example, we describe how high index contrast waveguides systems such as silicon-on-insulator can be combined with microphotonic design rules to extend the performance of waveguide devices. The challenges arising in the implementation of silicon microphotonic technology are discussed, and recent work addressing the issues of waveguide coupling, polarization sensitivity, waveguide loss and massively parallel data acquisition is reviewed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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