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Volume 18 Number 2, February 2000

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Near-Infrared Refractive Index of Thick, Laterally Oxidized AlGaAs Cladding Layers

F. Sfigakis, P. Paddon, V. Pacradouni, M. Adamcyk, C. Nicoll, A. R. Cowan, T. Tiedje and Jeff F. Young

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The optical transmission in the range 900-1600 nm was measured through thick (1 µm) layers of Al0.98Ga0.02 As wet-oxidized at 375 °C on GaAs. The spectra are fit well by neglecting absorption, and using 1.61 for the refractive index.

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