Demonstration of high-Q mid-infrared chalcogenide glass-on-silicon resonators

We demonstrated high-index-contrast, waveguide-coupled As2Se3 chalcogenide glass resonators monolithically integrated on silicon fabricated using optical lithography and a lift-off process. The resonators exhibited a high intrinsic quality factor of 2 x 10(5) at 5.2 mu m wavelength, which is among the highest values reported in on-chip mid-infrared (mid-IR) photonic devices. The resonator can serve as a key building block for mid-IR planar photonic circuits. (C) 2013 Optical Society of Americ