Table 1 Measured optical loss (unit: dB/cm) for semiconductor core fibres that have been used for nonlinear demonstrations

From: Semiconductor core fibres: a scalable platform for nonlinear photonics

Platform

As-fabricated

Reference

Laser processed

Reference

Tapered

Reference

Si (MCM)

~10

23

2

62

0.8

88

a-Si (HP-CVD)

~50

103

1

77

  

SiGe (MCM)

~20

63

12

63

2.2

76

ZnSe (HP-CVD)

1

104

    

Si (MCM)a

~10

19

1

62

0.2

75

SiGe (MCM)a

~20

63

~10

63

4

76

ZnSe (HP-CVD)a

1

104

    

Ge (MCM)b

~7

78

~2

78

  
  1. Top rows are for the telecom wavelength of 1.55 μm. Bottom rows for selected mid-infrared wavelengths of a~2.5 μm and b~5 μm.
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