Dry-etched silicon-on-insulator waveguides with low propagation and fiber-coupling losses

Kimmo Solehmainen, Timo Aalto, James Dekker, Markku Kapulainen, Mikko Harjanne, Kaupo Kukli, Päivi Heimala, Kai Kolari, Markku Leskelä

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Abstract

Optical rib waveguides with various widths and heights were fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates. Silicon etching was based on dry etching with inductively coupled plasma (ICP)-type reactive ion etcher. The etching process was developed to ensure low optical losses. Propagation loss of 0.13/spl plusmn/0.02 dB/cm was measured for the fundamental mode at the wavelength of 1550 nm in a curved 114-cm-long waveguide. The reflection losses were suppressed by applying atomic layer deposition (ALD) in the growth of antireflection coatings (ARCs).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3875-3880
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

  • atomic layer deposition (ALD)
  • integrated optics
  • optical device fabrication
  • optical losses
  • optical waveguides
  • silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology

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Solehmainen, Kimmo ; Aalto, Timo ; Dekker, James ; Kapulainen, Markku ; Harjanne, Mikko ; Kukli, Kaupo ; Heimala, Päivi ; Kolari, Kai ; Leskelä, Markku. / Dry-etched silicon-on-insulator waveguides with low propagation and fiber-coupling losses. In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2005 ; Vol. 23, No. 11. pp. 3875-3880.
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Solehmainen, K, Aalto, T, Dekker, J, Kapulainen, M, Harjanne, M, Kukli, K, Heimala, P, Kolari, K & Leskelä, M 2005, 'Dry-etched silicon-on-insulator waveguides with low propagation and fiber-coupling losses', Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 3875-3880. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2005.857750

Dry-etched silicon-on-insulator waveguides with low propagation and fiber-coupling losses. / Solehmainen, Kimmo; Aalto, Timo; Dekker, James; Kapulainen, Markku; Harjanne, Mikko; Kukli, Kaupo; Heimala, Päivi; Kolari, Kai; Leskelä, Markku.

In: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 23, No. 11, 2005, p. 3875-3880.

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Solehmainen K, Aalto T, Dekker J, Kapulainen M, Harjanne M, Kukli K et al. Dry-etched silicon-on-insulator waveguides with low propagation and fiber-coupling losses. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2005;23(11):3875-3880. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2005.857750

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