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Fabrication of low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon strip waveguide using focused proton-beam irradiation

Fabrication of low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon strip waveguide using focused proton-beam irradiation
Fabrication of low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon strip waveguide using focused proton-beam irradiation
We have successfully fabricated low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon (SOPS) strip waveguides with high-index contrast using focused proton-beam irradiation and electrochemical etching. Smooth surface quality with rms roughness of 3.1 nm is achieved for a fluence of 1x1015/cm2 after postoxidation treatment. Optical characterization at a wavelength of 1550 nm shows a loss of 1.1±0.4 dB/cm and 1.2±0.4 dB/cm in TE and TM polarization respectively, which we believe is the lowest reported loss for SOPS waveguides. This opens up new opportunities for all-silicon-based optoelectronics applications.
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Teo, E.J.
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Bettiol, A.A.
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Yang, P.
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Breese, M.B.H.
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Xiong, B.Q.
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Teo, E.J., Bettiol, A.A., Yang, P., Breese, M.B.H., Xiong, B.Q., Mashanovich, G.Z., Headley, W.R. and Reed, G.T. (2009) Fabrication of low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon strip waveguide using focused proton-beam irradiation. Optics Letters, 34 (5), 659-661. (doi:10.1364/OL.34.000659).

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Abstract

We have successfully fabricated low-loss silicon-on-oxidized-porous-silicon (SOPS) strip waveguides with high-index contrast using focused proton-beam irradiation and electrochemical etching. Smooth surface quality with rms roughness of 3.1 nm is achieved for a fluence of 1x1015/cm2 after postoxidation treatment. Optical characterization at a wavelength of 1550 nm shows a loss of 1.1±0.4 dB/cm and 1.2±0.4 dB/cm in TE and TM polarization respectively, which we believe is the lowest reported loss for SOPS waveguides. This opens up new opportunities for all-silicon-based optoelectronics applications.

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Published date: 2009
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 356467
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356467
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 6cf46f48-a229-47b9-8bc2-7bf7ce881460
ORCID for G.Z. Mashanovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-5138

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Last modified: 29 Oct 2024 02:45

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Author: E.J. Teo
Author: A.A. Bettiol
Author: P. Yang
Author: M.B.H. Breese
Author: B.Q. Xiong
Author: G.Z. Mashanovich ORCID iD
Author: W.R. Headley
Author: G.T. Reed

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