New Method of Fabricating Low Loss Waveguide by Selective Growth

A method of forming a low loss crystal quality waveguide is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a dielectric layer on the substrate. A channel is formed by etching a portion of the dielectric layer. A selective growth of a Si Ge, or SiGe layer is performed in the area that defines the channel. Furthermore, the method includes thermally annealing the waveguide at a defined temperature range.

Researchers

Dong Pan / John Allen Yasaitis / Lionel Kimerling / Jurgen Michel / Jifeng Liu

Departments: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials / Electronics & Photonics: Photonics

  • method of fabricating ge or sige/si waveguide or photonic crystal structures by selective growth
    United States of America | Granted | 7,801,406

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