Silica buried channel waveguides fabricated at low temperature using PECVD

被引:11
作者
Durandet, A
Perry, A
Boswell, R
Ladouceur, F
Love, J
Faith, M
Kemeny, P
Ma, X
Austin, M
机构
[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,CTR OPT SCI,CANBERRA,ACT 0200,AUSTRALIA
[2] ROYAL MELBOURNE INST TECHNOL,DEPT COMMUN & ELECT ENGN,MELBOURNE,VIC 3001,AUSTRALIA
[3] TELECOM AUSTRALIA,RES LAB,CLAYTON,VIC 3168,AUSTRALIA
关键词
optical waveguides; plasma deposition;
D O I
10.1049/el:19960254
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Buried channel waveguides made of silica films deposited on silicon substrates have been fabricated at low temperature ( < 100 degrees C) without thermal annealing, using the Helicon plasma deposition technique. The guides have losses as low as 1 dB/cm. A 1 x 8 splitter comprising concatenated Y-junctions has been fabricated and characterised.
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页码:326 / 327
页数:2
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