Technology · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
Silicon nitride photonics
A waveguide platform using silicon nitride cores on oxide, offering very low propagation loss, a wide transparency window from visible to infrared, and high optical power handling.
- Also known as
- SiN photonics, Si3N4 platform, TriPleX
- Type
- Technology
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Silicon photonics
Notes
Favoured for biosensing, visible-light applications, frequency combs and low-loss filters where silicon absorbs or is too lossy.
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