Abstract
Silicon nitride (SiNx) is a versatile photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform due to its large transparency window, low nonlinear loss, high refractive index contrast, and the ability to vary optical properties through different deposition techniques [1,2,3]. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability to change the refractive index of SiNx layers through exposure to 244nm radiation from an argon-ion laser [3,4]. In this work, we utilize this phenomenon to laser-inscribe gratings in layers of various compositions of SiNx.
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