15 July 2014 Characterization of polycrystalline silicon-based photonic crystal-suspended membrane for high temperature applications
Chong Pei Ho, Prakash Pitchappa, Piotr Kropelnicki, Jian Wang, Hong Cai, Yuandong Gu, Chengkuo Lee
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Abstract
We present the design and the characterization of a polycrystalline silicon (Si)-based photonic crystal (PhC)-suspended membrane, working in the mid-infrared wavelengths. In order to facilitate transmission measurement, the PhC membrane is released by removing the underneath Si substrateWe present the design and the characterization of a polycrystalline silicon (Si)-based photonic crystal (PhC)-suspended membrane, working in the mid-infrared wavelengths. In order to facilitate transmission measurement, the PhC membrane is released by removing the underneath Si substrate. Around 97% reflection and 3% transmission at 3.58-μm wavelength are measured at room temperature. Characterization is also done at 450°C and it reveals that the peak reflection of the PhC membrane shifts by 75 nm to higher wavelengths. This corresponds to a linear wavelength shift of 0.174  nm/°C and the thermo-optic coefficient is calculated to be +1.70×10−4  K−1. By altering the dimension of the PhC air holes, it is also shown that such a thermo-optic effect is compensated.
© 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2014/$25.00 © 2014 SPIE
Chong Pei Ho, Prakash Pitchappa, Piotr Kropelnicki, Jian Wang, Hong Cai, Yuandong Gu, and Chengkuo Lee "Characterization of polycrystalline silicon-based photonic crystal-suspended membrane for high temperature applications," Journal of Nanophotonics 8(1), 084096 (15 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.8.084096
Published: 15 July 2014
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KEYWORDS
Photonic crystals

Silicon

Silicon photonics

Thermal optics

Temperature metrology

Crystals

Photonic crystal devices

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