Electron beam induced reliefs in thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition on oxide coated silicon wafers are fabricated for the direct write of rib optical waveguides at telecommunication wavelengths. The physical dimensions of the reliefs are experimentally determined as a function of electron beam exposure conditions. Relief heights in excess of three times the initial film thickness are achieved. The lateral translation of the thin film material is observed to be of the order of tens of microns for relatively slow beam scan rates. Numerical simulations based on a full-wave finite element eigenmode analysis support the existence of single mode guided waves. The surface roughness of the optical waveguides, dominated by the pulse laser deposition process, is reduced to approximately by planarization of the thin film, via thermal embossing, prior to electron beam exposure. A bidirectional writing scheme is implemented to remove variations in relief heights observed at waveguide terminations. Nonuniform electron beam exposures are used to demonstrate three-dimensional waveguide tapers useful for the realization of fiber-to-waveguide optical transitions.
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November 2009
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
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December 02 2009
Direct write of optical waveguides on chalcogenide thin films using electron beams
G. B. Hoffman;
G. B. Hoffman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electroscience Laboratory,
The Ohio State University
, Columbus, Ohio 43212
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W. Zhou;
W. Zhou
Department of Physics,
The Ohio State University
, Columbus, Ohio 43212
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R. Sooryakumar;
R. Sooryakumar
Department of Physics,
The Ohio State University
, Columbus, Ohio 43212
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R. M. Reano
R. M. Reano
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electroscience Laboratory,
The Ohio State University
, Columbus, Ohio 43212
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Electronic mail: reano@ece.osu.edu
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27, 2737–2741 (2009)
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Received:
July 09 2009
Accepted:
October 27 2009
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G. B. Hoffman, W. Zhou, R. Sooryakumar, R. M. Reano; Direct write of optical waveguides on chalcogenide thin films using electron beams. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 1 November 2009; 27 (6): 2737–2741. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3265542
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