Low propagation loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for the mid-IR
conference contribution
posted on 2024-10-31, 17:37authored byDavid Moss, Stuart Jackson, Eric Magi, Christian Grillet
We report low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowires for applications to mid infrared optics. We achieve propagation losses of <1dB/cm at λ 1550nm, <1.5dB/cm at λ=2080nm and <2dB/cm at λ5.08 μm.