• DocumentCode
    2619282
  • Title

    Suspended waveguides for InP optical MEMS

  • Author

    Kelly, D. ; Pruessner, M.W. ; Datta, M. ; Ghodssi, R.

  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    10-12 Dec. 2003
  • Firstpage
    496
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the design, fabrication, and testing of a monolithically fabricated suspended waveguide for use in InP waveguide MEMS was presented. All layers are grown using Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and are lattice matched to the InP substrate wafer. The single-mask process was used to fabricate complex and intricate optical MEMS structures in the material system. A Newport AutoAlign optical setup consisting of two movable conical-tipped fibers and a stationary waveguide stage was used to test the fabricated waveguides using relative power measurements.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; masks; micromechanical devices; molecular beam epitaxial growth; optical waveguides; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor growth; InP; InP optical MEMS; MBE; conical tipped fibers; molecular beam epitaxy; monolithically fabricated suspended waveguide; optical MEMS structures; single mask process; Indium phosphide; Lattices; Micromechanical devices; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber testing; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2003 International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8139-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISDRS.2003.1272225
  • Filename
    1272225