Version 1
: Received: 16 June 2018 / Approved: 18 June 2018 / Online: 18 June 2018 (15:39:38 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 13 July 2018 / Approved: 16 July 2018 / Online: 16 July 2018 (15:14:32 CEST)
Integrated ultra-low-loss waveguides are highly desired for integrated photonics to enable applications that require long delay lines, high-Q resonators, narrow filters, etc. Here we present an ultra-low-loss silicon waveguide on 500 nm thick SOI platform. Meter-scale delay lines, million-Q resonators and tens of picometer bandwidth grating filters are experimentally demonstrated. We design a low-loss low-reflection taper to seamlessly integrate the ultra-low-loss waveguide with standard heterogeneous Si/III-V integrated photonics platform to allow realization of high-performance photonic devices such as ultra-low-noise lasers and optical gyroscopes.
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