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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 7 — Mar. 26, 2012
  • pp: 7243–7254

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Low-loss polysilicon waveguides fabricated in an emulated high-volume electronics process

Jason S. Orcutt, Sanh D. Tang, Steve Kramer, Karan Mehta, Hanqing Li, Vladimir Stojanović, and Rajeev J. Ram  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 7, pp. 7243-7254 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.007243


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Abstract

We measure end-of-line polysilicon waveguide propagation losses of ~6-15 dB/cm across the telecommunication O-, E-, S-, C- and L-bands in a process representative of high-volume product integration. The lowest loss of 6.2 dB/cm is measured at 1550 nm in a polysilicon waveguide with a 120 nm x 350 nm core geometry. The reported waveguide characteristics are measured after the thermal cycling of the full CMOS electronics process that results in a 32% increase in the extracted material loss relative to the as-crystallized waveguide samples. The measured loss spectra are fit to an absorption model using defect state parameters to identify the dominant loss mechanism in the end-of-line and as-crystallized polysilicon waveguides.

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OCIS Codes
(220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits

ToC Category:
Optical Devices

History
Original Manuscript: January 30, 2012
Revised Manuscript: March 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 12, 2012
Published: March 14, 2012

Citation
Jason S. Orcutt, Sanh D. Tang, Steve Kramer, Karan Mehta, Hanqing Li, Vladimir Stojanović, and Rajeev J. Ram, "Low-loss polysilicon waveguides fabricated in an emulated high-volume electronics process," Opt. Express 20, 7243-7254 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-7-7243


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