1 Fabrication techniques (only very brief overview) Planar waveguides –Deposited thin films sputtering deposition from solutions polymerization CVD –Diffusion –Ion exchange –Ion implantation –Carrier removal –Epitaxial growth 3D Waveguides Optical fibers
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3 monolitické OIC jen hybridní OIC α < 0.3 dB/cm (vlnovod) α ~ 2 dB/cm (vlnovod) (GaInAsP 1.3/1.55 μm - „telekomunikační“ vlnové délky)
4 Planar waveguides
5 Sputtering e.g. plasma discharge glass, KDP, Si... vacuum (2-20) torr inert gas
6 e.g. ion bean sputtering system Sputtering
7 Deposition from solutions
8 Diffusion Ti film
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10 Ion exchange
11 Ion exchange ~ 300°
12 Carrier removal free carriers reduce the index of refraction GaAs, GaP the cut-off condition is independent of wavelength
13 annealing
14 Epitaxial growth fabrication of monolitic optical io formed on a semiconductor substrate required bangap:
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18 Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) e.g. GaAlAs or GaInAsP
19 3D waveguides
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22 Waveguide gratings
23 Optical fibers CVD:
24 1st step: preform fabrication using MCVD SiCl 4 + O 2 dopants
25 2nd step: fiber drawing