Abstract
We report the fabrication and characterization of high index contrast () channel waveguides on ZnSe substrate for evanescent-field-based biosensing applications in the mid-IR spectral region. films were deposited by RF sputtering and characterized for their structure, composition, transparency, and dispersion. The lift-off technique was used to pattern the waveguide channels. Waveguiding from 2.5–3.7 and 6.4–7.5 μm was demonstrated, and mode intensity profile and estimated propagation losses are given for the 3.5 μm wavelength.
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