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  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
  • paper CTuBB2
  • https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2009.CTuBB2

Silicon-Nitride Surface Passivation of Sub-Micron Silicon Waveguides for Low-Power Optical Switches

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Abstract

We achieved a two-orders-of-magnitude improvement of free carrier lifetimes in sub-micron silicon-on-insulator waveguides by applying a stoichiometric Si3N4 coating. Such surface passivation is critical for low-power operation of carrier-injected optical switches.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

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