Title :
An integrated optical technology based on sol-gel glasses on silicon: the NODES project
Author :
Yeatman, Eric M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
The European collaboration project, NODES, aims to establish the basis of a new material and fabrication technology for low-cost mass production of multi-functional integrated optic components, based on spin-on sol-gel glass on silicon. We are developing materials using sol-gel silica as a host matrix, and semiconductor and rare-earth dopants for nonlinear and optical gain functions respectively, for demonstrator switching and amplifying devices. The paper describes the methods used, and the results obtained, in the project as a whole
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; chalcogenide glasses; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical glass; photonic switching systems; project engineering; rare earth compounds; silicon; sol-gel processing; European collaboration project; NODES project; Si; amplifying devices; fabrication technology; host matrix; integrated optical technology; low-cost mass production; multifunctional integrated optic components; nonlinear functions; optical gain functions; photonic devices; rare-earth dopants; semiconductor dopants; silicon; sol-gel glasses; sol-gel silica; spin-on sol-gel glass; switching devices; Collaboration; Glass; Integrated optics; Mass production; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Semiconductor materials; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2674-1
DOI :
10.1109/SBMOMO.1995.509714
