• DocumentCode
    2847681
  • Title

    25 nm-wide silicon wire fabrication with i-line photolithography for efficient spot size converters

  • Author

    Sakakibara, Y. ; Ichimura, N. ; Kamei, T. ; Itoga, E. ; Masakage, T. ; Nakanishi, K. ; Shoji, Y. ; Okano, M. ; Kintaka, K. ; Kawashima, H. ; Mori, M.

  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Free from the resolution limit, very narrow inverse taper structure of silicon wire could be fabricated with i-line photolithography. By covering the taper with a polyimide waveguide core, efficient coupling from optical fiber to silicon wire waveguide was possible.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical polymers; optical waveguides; photolithography; silicon; Si; i-line photolithography; optical fiber coupling; polyimide waveguide core; silicon wire fabrication; silicon wire waveguide; size 25 nm; spot size converters; very narrow inverse taper structure; Couplings; Fabrication; Lithography; Optical waveguides; Resists; Silicon; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621412
  • Filename
    5621412