title: Design proposal for a low loss in-plane active photonic crystal waveguide with vertical electrical carrier injection.
abstract: We propose an active waveguide design that provides both low propagation losses (< 20 dB/cm) and the capability for electrical pumping of the photonic crystal waveguide with a vertical contacting scheme. A careful estimation of a large number of parameters is required in order to obtain both properties. The proposed device supports single mode operation at the telecom wavelength λ = 1550 nm and is suitable for the implementation of in-plane active photonic crystal devices, such as semiconductor optical amplifiers and lasers.
authors.affiliation: Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. kappeler@ife.ee.ethz.ch
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kappeler
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaspar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Friedli
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jäckel