Cryogenic microfluidic cooling for photonic integrated circuits

    公开(公告)号:US12055755B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US17961043

    申请日:2022-10-06

    申请人: Psiquantum, Corp.

    发明人: Eric Dudley

    摘要: A method includes fabricating a device including a first dielectric layer, an optical waveguide in the first dielectric layer, and a superconducting circuit in the first dielectric layer and on the optical waveguide. The method also includes forming a sacrificial structure on the first dielectric layer, the sacrificial structure aligned with the superconducting circuit, depositing a second dielectric layer on the sacrificial structure, and cutting an opening in the second dielectric layer to expose the sacrificial structure. The method further includes wet etching the sacrificial structure through the opening and sealing the opening in the second dielectric layer with a third dielectric layer to form a micro-channel between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.

    Low Temperature Fabrication of Silicon Nitride Photonic Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20240210625A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18395038

    申请日:2023-12-22

    IPC分类号: G02B6/136

    CPC分类号: G02B6/136 C23C16/401

    摘要: Disclosed herein is methods for fabricating ultra-low loss waveguides. One particular method may include: preparing a substrate including a lower cladding layer in a deposition chamber; flowing precursors including deuterated silane and nitrogen onto the lower cladding layer in the deposition chamber; subjecting the precursors to an inductively coupled plasma-plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (ICP-PECVD) process which disassociates the deuterated silane and nitrogen and deposits waveguide material of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride onto the lower cladding layer; patterning the waveguide material into a patterned waveguide material; and depositing a top cladding layer on the patterned waveguide material, wherein the ICP-PECVD process occurs at a temperature less than or equal to 250° C. Advantageously, the ICP-PECVD process allows for deposition of low hydrogenated deposition of material layers which may allow for low temperature fabrication of ultra-low loss waveguides.

    PHOTONIC DEVICE WITH FIDUCIAL MARKS FOR ALIGNMENT OF AN OPTICAL COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240168229A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18280239

    申请日:2022-03-04

    发明人: Andrew McKee

    IPC分类号: G02B6/136 G02B6/12

    摘要: A photonic device has a waveguide, such as a ridge waveguide, defined by a waveguide etch, an etched facet defined by a facet etch and having an optical coupling region optically coupled to the waveguide, and a fiducial mark configured for alignment of an optical component, such as a photonic integrated circuit, to the optical coupling region. The fiducial mark has a first portion defined by at least a part of the waveguide etch and a second portion defined by at least a part of the facet etch. The first portion has an elongate broken bar shape that extends lengthwise along a direction parallel to the waveguide's propagation direction at the optical coupling region. The second portion includes an elongate shape that extends lengthwise orthogonally with respect to its etch depth and with respect to the waveguide's propagation direction at the optical coupling region.