Low loss Chalcogenide glass waveguides by thermal nano-imprint lithography

Han, Ting; Madden, Steve; Bulla, Douglas; Luther-Davies, Barry

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Low loss Chalcogenide glass waveguides by thermal nano-imprint lithography

Date

2010-08-30

Authors

Han, Ting

Madden, Steve

Bulla, Douglas

Luther-Davies, Barry

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Abstract

We report the fabrication of low loss rib waveguides from chalcogenide glass films by thermal nano-imprint using a soft stamp. Waveguides 2-4 µm wide and 1 µm high were fabricated with extremely smooth sidewalls and optical losses limited by Rayleigh scattering to values of 0.26 dB/cm for the TM and 0.27 dB/cm for TE polarizations at 1550 nm.