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Optically active waveguide device comprising a channel on an optical substrate

A technology for active devices and substrates, which is applied to optical waveguides, coupling of optical waveguides, structures of optical waveguide semiconductors, etc., and can solve problems such as damage to the optical specifications of the waveguide channels and difficulties in the lithography stage.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-12
ION BEAM SERVICES
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More severe deformation due to thicker layers, which compromises the optical specification of the waveguide channel, causing difficulties during the photolithography stage

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[0042] First, to simplify the presentation of the present invention, only the implementation of the active waveguide channel core is described.

[0043] As shown in Figure 1a, according to a first variant, the substrate is silicon, on which there is an insulating layer, either with the addition of a thermal oxide or with the deposition of a silicon dioxide SiO 2 layer or another material layer such as Si 3 N 4 、Al 2 o 3 or SiON. Here is generally an electrical or optical medium as opposed to a charged active ionic glass. But it is impossible to guarantee that there are absolutely no mobile ions in these materials. It can only be determined that its active ion concentration is quite small, such as less than 0.01%.

[0044] Thus, the substrate has a top surface or optical substrate 11, typically silicon dioxide, with a thickness of eg 5 to 20 microns. Here, the channel 12 formed by ion implantation is integrated in the optical substrate, and the optical substrate is cover...

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The invention concerns an optically active device comprising an optical waveguide core on an optical substrate (11, 15, 20) and a control element (32-33, 37, 40). The core comprises a channel (12, 17, 25, 35-36, 38-39) and at least an active layer (13, 18, 22) arranged on said channel, the refractive index of the channel and that of the active layer being higher than that of the substrate. The optical substrate (11, 15, 20) has a mobile ion concentration less than 0.01%. Advantageously, the device further comprises a covering layer (14, 19, 23) arranged on the active layer (13, 18, 22), the index of said covering layer being less than that of the active layer and of the channel. The invention also concerns a method for making said device.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an optical active device with a channel on an optical substrate. [0002] The field of the invention is the field of optics integrated on a substrate, which relates in particular to active devices generally ensuring the amplification, modulation or conversion functions of a light signal. Such devices include an active waveguide and a control element that modulates a characteristic, typically either amplitude or phase, of the signal transmitted by the waveguide channel. The waveguide channel has a core, the core is realized on the substrate, the refractive index of the core is higher than that of the surrounding medium. Background technique [0003] There are several methods for fabricating active waveguide channel cores. [0004] The first method applies thin-layer technology. Generally speaking, the substrate is either silica or silicon to which a thermal oxide is added so that the top surface, the optical substrate, is sil...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02B6/12G02F1/01G02F1/313H01S3/063G02B6/122G02B6/134G02B6/30H01S5/20H01S5/223H01S5/50
CPCG02F1/011G02B6/122G02B6/1347G02B6/30G02B2006/1208G02B2006/121G02B2006/12142G02F1/0147G02F2001/0113H01S5/204H01S5/223H01S5/50G02F1/0113
Inventor 斯蒂芬·蒂瑟兰德劳伦特·罗克斯
Owner ION BEAM SERVICES