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High-pressure chemical deposition for void-free filling of extreme aspect ratio templates

High-pressure chemical deposition for void-free filling of extreme aspect ratio templates
High-pressure chemical deposition for void-free filling of extreme aspect ratio templates
Extreme aspect ratio semiconductor structures are critical to modern optoelectronic technology because of their ability to waveguide light and transport electrons. Waveguides formed from almost any material by conventional micro/nanofabrication techniques typically have significant surface roughness that scatters light and is a constraining factor in most optoelectronic devices. For example, fabricated planar silica waveguides have optical losses 3 to 5 orders of magnitude higher than silica fibers, in part due to surface roughness. For these reasons silica nanofibers have been proposed as alternatives to fabricated silica or semiconductor channels for waveguiding of light in miniaturized optical devices, as they meet the strict requirements for surface roughness and diameter uniformity required for low loss. An additional advantage of these silica fibers is that they have a circular cross section that can simultaneously guide both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations without cutoff. In contrast the rectilinear cross sections of microfabricated planar waveguides can effectively guide only one polarization without cutoff. However, semiconductors in general exhibit a far broader range of useful optoelectronic function than silica glass because of their ability to form hetero and homojunctions, serve as optical gain media over a broad range of wavelengths, and their superior non-linear optical properties.
silicon, optical waveguides, high pressure deposition, templated growth, optical fibers
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4605-4611
Baril, Neil F.
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Baril, Neil F., Keshavarzi, Banafsheh, Sparks, Justin R., Krishnamurthi, Mahesh, Temnykh, Ivan, Sazio, Pier J.A., Peacock, Anna C., Borhan, Ali, Gopalan, Venkatraman and Badding, John V. (2010) High-pressure chemical deposition for void-free filling of extreme aspect ratio templates. Advanced Materials, 22 (41), 4605-4611. (doi:10.1002/adma.201001199). (PMID:20827671)

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Abstract

Extreme aspect ratio semiconductor structures are critical to modern optoelectronic technology because of their ability to waveguide light and transport electrons. Waveguides formed from almost any material by conventional micro/nanofabrication techniques typically have significant surface roughness that scatters light and is a constraining factor in most optoelectronic devices. For example, fabricated planar silica waveguides have optical losses 3 to 5 orders of magnitude higher than silica fibers, in part due to surface roughness. For these reasons silica nanofibers have been proposed as alternatives to fabricated silica or semiconductor channels for waveguiding of light in miniaturized optical devices, as they meet the strict requirements for surface roughness and diameter uniformity required for low loss. An additional advantage of these silica fibers is that they have a circular cross section that can simultaneously guide both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations without cutoff. In contrast the rectilinear cross sections of microfabricated planar waveguides can effectively guide only one polarization without cutoff. However, semiconductors in general exhibit a far broader range of useful optoelectronic function than silica glass because of their ability to form hetero and homojunctions, serve as optical gain media over a broad range of wavelengths, and their superior non-linear optical properties.

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Published date: 2 November 2010
Keywords: silicon, optical waveguides, high pressure deposition, templated growth, optical fibers

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Local EPrints ID: 177049
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/177049
ISSN: 1521-4095
PURE UUID: ff2a92f4-f710-4e43-9b82-7cc9aa61d616
ORCID for Pier J.A. Sazio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-9266
ORCID for Anna C. Peacock: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-7172

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Date deposited: 15 Mar 2011 09:15
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:47

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Author: Neil F. Baril
Author: Banafsheh Keshavarzi
Author: Justin R. Sparks
Author: Mahesh Krishnamurthi
Author: Ivan Temnykh
Author: Pier J.A. Sazio ORCID iD
Author: Anna C. Peacock ORCID iD
Author: Ali Borhan
Author: Venkatraman Gopalan
Author: John V. Badding

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