Process optimization for a 3D optical coupler and waveguide fabrication on a single substrate using buffer coat material

Chris Summitt; Sunglin Wang; Lee Johnson; Melissa Zaverton; Tao Ge; Tom Milster; Yuzuru Takashima

doi:10.1117/12.2080425

17 April 2015 Process optimization for a 3D optical coupler and waveguide fabrication on a single substrate using buffer coat material

Chris Summitt, Sunglin Wang, Lee Johnson, Melissa Zaverton, Tao Ge, Tom Milster, Yuzuru Takashima

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Proceedings Volume 9374, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics VIII; 937415 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080425
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We have developed a hybrid lithography process necessary to fabricate a vertical optical coupler and an array of waveguide structures using the same buffer coat material on a single substrate. A virtual vernier scale built into the process enables precise alignment of both structures.

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Chris Summitt, Sunglin Wang, Lee Johnson, Melissa Zaverton, Tao Ge, Tom Milster, and Yuzuru Takashima "Process optimization for a 3D optical coupler and waveguide fabrication on a single substrate using buffer coat material", Proc. SPIE 9374, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics VIII, 937415 (17 April 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080425

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