Low-loss high-confinement waveguides and microring resonators in AlGaAs-on-insulator

L Ottaviano, M Pu, E Semenova, K Yvind - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
AlGaAs is a promising material for integrated nonlinear photonics due to its intrinsic high
nonlinearity. However, the challenging fabrication of deep etched AlGaAs devices makes it …

Ultrahigh-Q AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators for integrated nonlinear photonics

W Xie, L Chang, H Shu, JC Norman, JD Peters… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) and related III-V semiconductors have excellent
optoelectronic properties. They also possess strong material nonlinearity as well as high …

Design and fabrication of AlGaAs-on-insulator microring resonators for nonlinear photonics

C Kim, C Ye, Y Zheng, E Semenova… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in integrated nonlinear material platforms and low-loss optical
microresonators enabled a broad range of chip-scale optical applications, such as optical …

High-quality-factor AlGaAs-on-sapphire microring resonators

Y Zheng, M Pu, HK Sahoo, E Semenova… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We realize an AlGaAs-on-sapphire platform through-assisted direct wafer bonding and
substrate removal processes. The direct wafer bonding process is optimized concerning the …

Low loss (Al) GaAs on an insulator waveguide platform

L Chang, A Boes, P Pintus, W Xie, JD Peters… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we demonstrate a low loss gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide
on an insulator platform by heterogenous integration. The resonators on this platform exhibit …

Compact highly-nonlinear AlGaAs waveguides for efficient wavelength conversion

K Dolgaleva, WC Ng, L Qian, JS Aitchison - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report on the efficient nonlinear optical interactions in AlGaAs strip-loaded waveguides
with a wafer composition specifically designed to increase the nonlinear coefficient. We …

Efficient continuous-wave four-wave mixing in bandgap-engineered AlGaAs waveguides

JJ Wathen, P Apiratikul, CJK Richardson… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We present a side-by-side comparison of the nonlinear behavior of four passive AlGaAs
ridge waveguides where the bandgap energy of the core layers ranges from 1.60 to 1.79 eV …

AlGaAs-on-insulator nanowire with 750 nm FWM bandwidth,-9 dB CW conversion efficiency, and ultrafast operation enabling record Tbaud wavelength conversion

M Pu, H Hu, L Ottaviano, E Semenova… - Optical Fiber …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present an AlGaAs-on-insulator platform for integrated nonlinear photonics. We
demonstrate the highest reported conversion efficiency/length/pump-power, ultra-broadband …

Enhanced third-order nonlinear effects in optical AlGaAs nanowires

GA Siviloglou, S Suntsov, R El-Ganainy, R Iwanow… - Optics …, 2006 - opg.optica.org
We report the first observation of enhanced third-order nonlinear effects in AlGaAs
nanowires. AlGaAs nanowaveguides with widths varying from 100 to 600nm were fabricated …

Heterogeneously integrated GaAs waveguides on insulator for efficient frequency conversion

L Chang, A Boes, X Guo, DT Spencer… - Laser & Photonics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tremendous scientific progress has been achieved through the development of nonlinear
integrated photonics. Prominent examples are Kerr frequency comb generation in …