Waveguide Width Optimization of On-Chip Optical Amplifier Based on 400 nm Silicon Nitride Platform

Mingzhe Chen; Wenbing Jiang; Jia Du; Boyu Zhang; Weibiao Chen; Libing Zhou

doi:10.3788/AOS240450

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 11, 1113001(2024)

Waveguide Width Optimization of On-Chip Optical Amplifier Based on 400 nm Silicon Nitride Platform

Mingzhe Chen^1,2, Wenbing Jiang², Jia Du², Boyu Zhang^1,2, Weibiao Chen^2,3、*, and Libing Zhou^2,3、**

¹Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui , China

²Department of Space Laser Technology and System, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Jan. 5, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 8, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 3, 2024

The Author Email: Weibiao Chen (wbchen@siom.ac.cn), Libing Zhou (lbzhou@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS240450

CSTR:32393.14.AOS240450

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