Temperature effects on the fabrication of optical channels in planar GaAs/AlGaAs waveguides using MeV ions

T. Taylor, D. Ila, R. L. Zimmerman, J. C. Cochrane, P. R. Ashley, D. B. Poker, D. K. Hensley

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Abstract

We have fabricated optical channels in selectively masked planar GaAs/AlGaAs waveguide structures using both 10 MeV oxygen and 8 MeV carbon ions. Implantation at different temperatures appears to have a direct effect on the extracted propagation mode losses. Single-mode operation was observed from all the fabricated optical channels at a wavelength of 1.3 μm. The optical characterization results provide insight as to which ion beam parameters are best suited to optimize this fabrication process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)704-708
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume141
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1998

Funding

The authors would like to especially thank Eric Webster for accomplishing the masking procedure at the MICOM Laboratory. This project is supported in part by NSF-MRCE under grant number RII880291, by the Division of Materials Science, US Department of Energy, under contract DE-AC05-96OR22464 with Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., and the Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials at Alabama A&M University.

FundersFunder number
Division of Materials Science
Howard J. Foster Center for Irradiation of Materials at Alabama A&M University
NSF-MRCERII880291
US Department of EnergyDE-AC05-96OR22464

    Keywords

    • GaAs/AlGaAs
    • Ion implantation
    • Optical waveguides

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