Hybrid-integrated polarization mode converters and low-voltage electro-optic modulators using crystal-ion-sliced LiNbO3 films

Antonije M. Radojevic; Junichiro Fujita; Louay A. Eldada

doi:10.1117/12.469572

3 June 2002 Hybrid-integrated polarization mode converters and low-voltage electro-optic modulators using crystal-ion-sliced LiNbO₃ films

Antonije M. Radojevic, Junichiro Fujita, Louay A. Eldada

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Proceedings Volume 4652, Optoelectronic Interconnects, Integrated Circuits, and Packaging; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469572
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Lithium Niobate (LiNbO₃) films produced by the crystal ion slicing (CIS) method are introduced in various components in use in the optical telecommunications market. The CIS technique employs high-energy ion implantation to create a narrow (~0.2 micrometers ) planar layer of localized damage, buried ~10 micrometers beneath the surface of the implanted LiNbO₃ wafers. This sacrificial layer allows for slicing of microns-thick LiNbO₃ films, either by selective wet chemical etching or by thermal shock. The obtained films have bulk material properties and morphology suitable for integrated optics applications. Slices of X-cut LiNbO₃ were used to produce zero-order wave retarders that can be inserted in slots cut into planar lightwave circuits, resulting in TE-TM polarization mode conversion with high extinction ratio (30 dB) and low excess loss (<0.1 dB). Conventional LiNbO₃ waveguide fabrication techniques were combined with the CIS process to produce CIS films of Z-cut LiNbO₃ with optical circuits patterned prior to lift-off, having propagation losses typical of bulk LiNbO₃ waveguides. Using thin sheets of LiNbO₃, velocity- and impedance-matched modulators can be fabricated with low V_(pi )L(~7.6 V.cm) and low microwave losses (0.3 db/cm.GHz^1/2). The CIS film optical circuits can be integrated into hybrid systems with otherwise incompatible, yet technologically important materials platforms.

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Antonije M. Radojevic, Junichiro Fujita, and Louay A. Eldada "Hybrid-integrated polarization mode converters and low-voltage electro-optic modulators using crystal-ion-sliced LiNbO₃ films", Proc. SPIE 4652, Optoelectronic Interconnects, Integrated Circuits, and Packaging, (3 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469572

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