Deep reactive ion etching of silica for planar lightwave circuits using indigenously developed ECR/RIE system

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作者
Pachauri, JP [1 ]
Baby, A [1 ]
Chaturvedi, N [1 ]
Kothari, HS [1 ]
Singh, A [1 ]
Singh, BR [1 ]
Dixit, PN [1 ]
Bhattacharya, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Cent Elect Engn Res Inst, Optoelect Devices Grp, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan, India
关键词
electron cyclotron resonance; reactive ion etching; splitter; planar lightwave circuits; silica glass film;
D O I
10.1117/12.441305
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Deep dry etching of silica is used for patterning of waveguides for optoelectronic applications. We report on the use of Electron Cyclotron Resonance/Reactive Ton Etching (ECR/RIE) process for deep reactive ion etching of silica glass films using different fluorocarbons as etch gases. 1 x 8 splitter has been used as test structure for the optimization of the etch process. The optimized process parameters like RF/Microwave power, pressure and gas composition etc. for the above have been presented.
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页码:267 / 270
页数:4
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