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Appl Opt
; 14(7): 1572-8, 1975 Jul 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20154873
ABSTRACT
A comparison of GaAs/n(+)GaAs, GaAs/GaAsP, and GaAs/AlGaAs waveguide structures is presented. Their fabrication processes and their transmission properties at 10.6-microm wavelength are described. The loss due to the free carrier absorption of the substrate is analyzed. Experimentally, an attenuation rate of 2 dB/cm in a single mode (~7 microm) GaAs/GaAsp waveguide with a maximum dimension of the order of 7 cm has been achieved.