Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Input/output coupler
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Healy, Brian M (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Input/output coupler
C385S129000, C385S130000, C385S131000, C427S163200, C427S527000, C427S526000, C216S002000, C438S029000, C438S031000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07916986
ABSTRACT:
An erbium (Er)-doped silicon (Si) nanocrystalline embedded silicon oxide (SiOx) waveguide and associated fabrication method are presented. The method provides a bottom layer, and forms an Er-doped Si nanocrystalline embedded SiOx film waveguide overlying the bottom layer, having a minimum optical attenuation at about 1540 nanometers (nm). Then, a top layer is formed overlying the Er-doped SiOx film. The Er-doped SiOx film is formed by depositing a silicon rich silicon oxide (SRSO) film using a high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDPCVD) process and annealing the SRSO film. After implanting Er+ions, the Er-doped SiOx film is annealed again. The Er-doped Si nanocrystalline SiOx film includes has a first refractive index (n) in the range of 1.46 to 2.30. The top and bottom layers have a second refractive index, less than the first refractive index.
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Joshi Pooran Chandra
Voutsas Apostolos T.
Zhang Hao
Healy Brian M
Law Office of Gerald Maliszewski
Maliszewski Gerald
Sharp Laboratories of America Inc.
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