Loss Reduction of Si Wire Waveguide Fabricated by Edge-Enhancement Writing for Electron Beam Lithography and Reactive Ion Etching Using Double Layered Resist Mask with C60

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作者
Inoue, Keita [1 ]
Plumwongrot, Dhanorm [1 ]
Nishiyama, Nobuhiko [1 ]
Sakamoto, Shinichi [1 ]
Enomoto, Haruki [1 ]
Tamura, Shigeo [2 ]
Maruyama, Takeo [3 ]
Arai, Shigehisa [4 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Tech Dept, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
[3] Kanazawa Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Coll Sci & Engn, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 9201192, Japan
[4] Tokyo Inst Technol, Quantum Nanoelect Res Ctr, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
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NANOCOMPOSITE RESIST; ROUGHNESS;
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10.1143/JJAP.48.030208
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Loss reduction methods for single-mode photonic wire in silicon-on-insulator were investigated, with a Si core size of 200 x 440 nm(2), fabricated with electron beam lithography and dry etching, using a double layer of electron beam (EB) resist mask. The transverse electric (TE) mode propagation loss measured at a wavelength of 1550 nm was 4.5 dB/cm, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the lowest value ever attained for a Si wire waveguide fabricated by the parallel plate reactive ion etching (RIE) method. (C) 2009 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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