<p>This thesis reports work targeting the integration of Si light emitters with optical waveguides. Such integrated devices would find utility in a number of applications including telecommunications, optical interconnects, and biological and chemical sensors. Much research has been directed by others on how to improve the emission efficiency and achieve lasing in VLSI (very large scale integration) compatible sources. Here, the focus is on how such devices can be integrated with planar waveguides. Two enhancement techniques were selected for potential integration; defect engineering (DE), and Si nanocrystals (Si-nc) embedded in Si02• Defect engineered light emitting diodes (LEDs) made on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emitting at 1.1 μm were successfully demonstrated. In addition, surface photoluminescence from SOI was analyzed to account for interference from the SOI cavity. However, it was determined that the emission efficiency of defect engineered LEDs studied during the course of this work is below that which was reported previously, and that the fabrication procedure thus suffers from irreproducibility. Barring an enormous advancement in the DE technique, it is concluded that the emission efficiency is too small to make use of its integration potential. </p><p>A more successful approach was obtained from the Si-nc system fabricated using electron-cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (ECR-PECVD). Optically pumped edge emitting devices were designed, fabricated and characterized. The devices are comprised of Si-ncs emitting at 800 nm, integrated with slab silicon nitride waveguides. This work is the first report of edge emission from Si-ncs integrated with silicon nitride waveguides. Edge emission and waveguide properties were characterized in the ~850 nm emission band of the Si-ncs. The edge emission was well described as a propagating mode, attenuated primarily by the Si-nc film. Propagation losses of a typical air/Si-nc/SiNx/Si02 waveguide were measured to be 11 ± 2 dB/cm and 20 ± 2 dB/cm at 850 nm in the TE and TM polarizations respectively. A wavelength dependent loss of -0.14 ± 0.03 dB/(cm*nm) was found to exist in the material loss of Si-nc films. In addition, the Si-nc films were found to undergo a partially recoverable photo-induced degradation of PL efficiency during exposure to pump light. Processing techniques compatible with both high efficiency Si-nc and low loss silicon nitride were developed and described. A two-sectioned photonic device was also designed, fabricated and characterized. The device contained an optically pumped Si-nc emitting waveguide section integrated with a low loss silicon nitride slab waveguide. The potential for optically pumped Si-nc emitters integrated with silicon nitride photonic circuits thus appears promising.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

<p>Since the inception of integrated electronic circuits there has been a trend of miniaturizing as many electronic, optical and even mechanical circuits and systems as possible. For optical applications this naturally led to the invention of semiconductor optical sources such as the laser diode (LD) and the light emitting diode (LED). A third device, the superluminescent diode was later invented to offer an output with a power similar to that of an LD and spectral width similar to that of an LED. However, there is usually a trade off between the output power and spectral width of the generated beam. The main challenge in the development of SLD is, therefore, finding ways to mitigate the power-spectral linewidth trade off.</p> <p>Previous work has two major directions. In the first one the goal is to eliminate facet reflections thus preventing lasing from happening. The detrimental effect of lasing is that even before it starts the spectral width quickly narrows down. In the second research direction the goal is to make the material gain spectrum wider by playing with different parameters of quantum well active regions.</p> <p>This research work explores yet another way of broadening output spectrum of SLD while allowing the power to increase at the same time. The surface-plasmon waveguide (SPWG) has been proposed to replace the dielectric waveguide, for the first time. A novel SPWG structure is introduced and designed to optimize the device performance in terms of the output power, spectral width and their product known as the power-linewidth product. The effect of different parameters of the new structure on the output light is investigated and attention is given to the high power, high spectral width and high power-linewidth product regimes.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

<p> The modeling, design and simulation of optical waveguides and integrated optical triplexer filters are presented. The work includes two subjects. One is application of improved three-point fourth-order finite-difference method and the other is design of triplexer optical filter for fiber-to-the-home passive optical network.</p> <p> The improved three-point fourth-order finite-difference method utilizes special format of one dimensional Helmholtz Equation and adopts generalized Douglas scheme and boundary conditions matching at interface. The modal analysis of dielectric slab waveguides and metal slab waveguides that support Surface Plasmon Plaritons by using this improved fourth-order finite-difference method is compared by using traditional first-order central difference method. The application of using improved three-point fourth-order finite-difference method in modal analysis of optical fiber waveguide is also provided.</p> <p> The modeling, design and simulation of monolithically integrated triplexer optical filter based on silicon wire waveguide are presented in detail. The design of this device facilitates multi-mode interference device (MMI) and arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) device to function as coarse wavelength division multiplexing and dense wavelength division multiplexing respectively. The MMI is used to separate downstream signs for upstream signal and AWG is used to further separate two down-stream signals with different bandwidths required. This design is validated by simulation that shows excellent performance in terms of spectral response as well as insertion loss.</p> / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

The ever-increasing need for higher bandwidth and density is one of the motivations for extensive research on planar optoelectronic structures on printed circuit board (PCB) substrates. Among these applications, optical interconnects have received considerable attention in the last decade. Several optical interconnect techniques, such as free space, guided wave, board level and fiber array interconnects, have been introduced for system level applications. In all planar optoelectronic systems, optical waveguides are crucial elements that facilitate signal routing. Low propagation loss, high reliability and manufacturability are among the requirements of polymer optical waveguides and polymer passive devices on PCB substrates for practical applications. Besides fabrication requirements, reliable characterization tools are needed to accurately and nondestructively measure important guiding properties, such as waveguide propagation loss. In three-dimensional (3D) fully embedded board-level optical interconnects, another key challenge is to realize efficient optical coupling between in-plane waveguides and out-of-plane laser/detector devices. Driven by these motivations, the research presented in this thesis focuses on some fundamental studies of optical interconnects for PCB substrates, e.g., developing low-loss optical polymer waveguides with integrated efficient out-of-plane couplers for optical interconnects on printed circuit board substrates, as well as the demonstration of a novel free-space optical interconnect system by using a volume holographic thin film. Firstly, the theoretical and experimental investigations on the limitations of using mercury i-line ultraviolet (UV) proximity photolithography have been carried out, and the metallization techniques for fine copper line formation are explored. Then, a new type of low-loss polymer waveguides (i.e., capped waveguide) is demonstrated by using contact photolithography with considerable performance improvement over the conventional waveguides. To characterize the propagation properties of planar optical waveguides, a reliable, nondestructive, and real-time technique is presented based on accurately imaging the scattered light from the waveguide using a sensitive charge coupled device (CCD) camera that has a built-in integration functionality. To provide surface normal light coupling between waveguides and optoelectronic devices for optical interconnects, a simple method is presented here to integrate 45° total internal reflection micro-mirrors with polymer optical waveguides by an improved tilted beam photolithography (with the aid of de-ionized water) on PCBs. A new technique is developed for a thin layer of metal coating on the micro-mirrors to achieve higher reflection and coupling efficiency (i.e., above 90%). The combination of the capped waveguide technique and the improved tilted UV exposure technique along with a hard reusable metal mask for metal deposition eliminates the usage of the traditional lift-off process, greatly simplifies the process, and reduces fabrication cost without sacrificing the coating quality. For the study of free-space optical interconnects, a simple system is presented by employing a single thin-film polymeric volume holographic element. One 2-spherical-beam hologram is used to link each point light source with the corresponding photodetector. An 8-channel free-space optical interconnect system with high link efficiency is demonstrated by using a single volume holographic element where 8 holograms are recorded.

Optical polymers are a subject of research and industry implementation for many decades. Optical polymers are inexpensive, easy to process and flexible enough to meet a broad range of application-specific requirements. These advantages allow a development of cost-efficient polymer photonic integrated circuits for on-chip optical communications. However, low refractive index contrast between core and cladding limits light confinement in a core and, consequently, integrated polymer device miniaturization. Also, polymers lack active functionality like light emission, amplification, modulation, etc. In this work, we improved a performance of integrated polymer waveguides and demonstrated active waveguide devices. Also, we present novel Si QD/polymer optical materials. In the integrated device part, we demonstrate optical waveguides with enhanced performance. Decreased radiation losses in air-suspended curved waveguides allow low-loss bending with radii of only 15 µm, which is far better than &gt;100 µm for typical polymer waveguides. Another study shows a positive effect of thermal treatment on acrylate waveguides. By heating higher than polymer glass transition temperature, surface roughness is reflown, minimizing scattering losses. This treatment method enhances microring resonator Q factor more than 2 times. We also fabricated and evaluated all-optical intensity modulator based on PMMA waveguides doped with Si QDs. We developed novel hybrid optical materials. Si QDs are encapsulated into PMMA and OSTE polymers. Obtained materials show stable photoluminescence with high quantum yield. We achieved the highest up to date ~65% QY for solid-state Si QD composites. Demonstrated materials are a step towards Si light sources and active devices. Integrated devices and materials presented in this work enhance the performance and expand functionality of polymer PICs. The components described here can also serve as building blocks for on-chip sensing applications, microfluidics, etc. / <p>QC 20171207</p>

Orientadores: Hugo Enrique Hernández Figueroa, Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T11:40:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MalheirosSilveira_GilliardNardel_D.pdf: 5160562 bytes, checksum: 33058c0e1fc01da7e9a2ea1ab88b0ad4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Esta tese aborda o emprego de nano-antenas e antenas ópticas com configurações e materiais diversos, envolvendo atividades de modelagem e simulação. Tais propostas visam viabilizar novas soluções para problemas desafiadores de acoplamento, e também, de comunicação, no sentido da tecnologia de comunicações sem-fio entre dispositivos ópticos integrados, incluindo os do tipo plasmônico. Neste sentido, foram avaliadas novas propostas de nano-antenas; com particular ênfase em estruturas baseadas nas chamadas antenas dielétricas ressonantes / Abstract: This thesis addresses the use of nano-antennas and optical antennas with various configurations and materials, involving modeling and simulation activities. Such proposals are intended to enable new solutions to challenging problems of coupling, and also, communication, in the sense of wireless communications between integrated optical devices, including the plasmonic ones. Accordingly, proposals for new nano-antennas were evaluated; with particular emphasis on structures based on the dielectric resonator antennas / Doutorado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

L'inscription laser directe est un domaine de recherche en croissance depuis ces deux dernières décennies, fournissant un moyen efficace et robuste pour inscrire directement des structures en trois dimensions (3D) dans des matériaux transparents tels que des verres en utilisant des impulsions laser femtosecondes. Cette technique présente de nombreux avantages par rapport à la technique de lithographie, qui se limite à la structuration en deux dimensions (2D) et implique de nombreuses étapes de fabrication. Cela rend la technique d’inscription laser direct bien adaptée aux nouveaux procédés de fabrication. Généralement, l’inscription laser dans les verres induit des changements physiques tels qu'un changement permanent de l'indice de réfraction localisé. Ces modifications ont été classés en trois types distincts : (Type I, Type II et Type III). Dans ce travail, nous présentons un nouveau type de changement d'indice de réfraction, appelé type A qui est basé sur la création d’agrégats d'argent photo-induit. En effet, dans des verres dans lesquels sont incorporés des ions argent Ag+, lors de leurs synthèses, l’inscription laser directe induit la création d’agrégats d’argent fluorescents Agmx+ au voisinage du voxel d’interaction. Ces agrégats modifient localement les propriétés optiques comme : la fluorescence, la non-linéarité et la réponse plasmonique du verre. Ainsi, différents guides d'ondes, un séparateur de faisceau 50-50, ainsi que des coupleurs optiques ont été inscrits en se basant sur ce nouveau Type A et complétement caractérisés. D'autre part, une étude comparative entre les deux types de guides d'ondes (type A et type I) est présentée, tout en montrant qu’en ajustant les paramètres laser, il est possible de déclencher soit le Type I soit le Type A. Enfin, en se basant sur des guides d’ondes de type A inscrits proche de la surface du verre, un capteur d'indice de réfraction hautement sensible a été inscrit dans une lame de verre de 1 cm de long. Ce capteur miniaturisé peut présenter deux fenêtres de détection d’indice, ce qui constitue une première mondiale. Les propriétés des guides d'ondes inscrits dans ces verres massifs ont été transposées à des fibres en forme de ruban, du même matériau contenant de l'argent. Les résultats obtenus dans ce travail de thèse ouvrent la voie à la fabrication de circuits intégrés en 3D et de capteurs à fibre basés sur des propriétés optiques originales inaccessibles avec des guides d’onde de Type I standard. / Direct Laser Writing (DLW) has been an exponentially growing research field during the last two decades, by providing an efficient and robust way to directly address three dimensional (3D) structures in transparent materials such as glasses using femtosecond laser pulses. It exhibits many advantages over lithography technique which is mostly limited to two dimensional (2D) structuring and involves many fabrication steps. This competitive aspect makes the DLW technique suitable for future technological transfer to advanced industrial manufacturing. Generally, DLW in glasses induces physical changes such as permanent local refractive index modifications that have been classified under three distinct types: (Type I, Type II & Type III). In silver containing glasses with embedded silver ions Ag+, DLW induces the creation of fluorescent silver clusters Agmx+ at the vicinity of the interaction voxel. In this work, we present a new type of refractive index change, called type A that is based on the creation of the photo-induced silver clusters allowing the creation of new linear and nonlinear optical waveguides in silver containing glasses. Various waveguides, a 50-50 Y beam splitter, as well as optical couplers, were written based on type A modification inside bulk glasses and further characterized. On the other hand, a comparison study between type A and type I waveguides is presented, showing that finely tuning the laser parameters allows the creation of either type A or type I modification inside silver containing glasses. Finally, based on type A near-surface waveguides, a highly sensitive refractive index sensor is created in a 1 cm glass chip, which could exhibit a pioneer demonstration of double sensing refractive ranges. The waveguiding properties observed and reported in the bulk of such silver containing glasses were transposed to ribbon shaped fibers of the same material. Those results pave the way towards the fabrication of 3D integrated circuits and fiber sensors with original fluorescent, nonlinear and plasmonic properties that are not accessible using the standard type I modification

Este trabalho propõe uma extensão do método de propagação de feixe (BPM - Beam Propagation Method) para a análise de guias de ondas ópticos e acopladores baseados em materiais não-lineares do tipo Kerr. Este método se destina à investigação de estruturas onde a utilização da equação escalar de Helmholtz (EEH) em seu limite paraxial não mais se aplica. Os métodos desenvolvidos para este fim são denominados na literatura como métodos de propagação de feixe de ângulo largo. O formalismo aqui desenvolvido é baseado na técnica das diferenças finitas e nos esquemas de Crank-Nicholson (CN) e Douglas generalizado (GD). Estes esquemas apresentam como característica o fato de apresentarem um erro de truncamento em relação ao passo de discretização transversal, &#916x, proporcional a O(&#916x2) para o primeiro e O(&#916x4). A convergência do método em ambos esquemas é otimizada pela utilização de um algoritmo interativo para a correção do campo no meio não-linear. O formalismo de ângulo largo é obtido pela expansão da EEH para os esquemas CN e GD em termos de polinômios aproximantes de Padé de ordem (1,0) e (1,1) para CN e GD, e (2,2) e (3,3) para CN. Os aproximantes de ordem superior a (1,1) apresentam sérios problemas de estabilidade. Este problema é eliminado pela rotação dos aproximantes no plano complexo. Duas condições de contorno nos extremos da janela computacional são também investigadas: 1) (TBC - Transparent Boundary Condition) e 2) condição de contorno absorvente (TAB - Transparent Absorbing Boundary). Estas condições de contorno possuem a facilidade de evitar que reflexões indesejáveis sejam transmitidas para dentro da janela computacional. Um estudo comparativo da influência destas condições de contorno na solução de guias de ondas ópticos não-lineares é também abordada neste trabalho. / This work introduces an extension of the beam propagation method (BPM) for the analysis of optical waveguides and couplers based on Kerr-type nonlinear materials. This method is intended for the investigation of structures where the paraxial scalar Helmholtz equation (EEH) no longer holds. The numerical methods developed for this situation are known in the literature as wide-angle beam propagation methods. The formulation developed in this work is based on finite differences and on the Crank-Nicholson (CN) and Generalized Douglas (GD) schemes. These schemes are characterized by a truncation error with respect to the transverse discretization step, &#916x, proporcional to O(&#916x2) for the CN and to O(&#916x4) for the GD scheme. The convergence of the method for both schemes is optimized by the application of an iterative algorithm for the correction of the field in the nonlinear medium. The wide-angle formalism is obtained by the expansion of the EEH for the CN and GD schemes in terms of Padé approximant polynomials. The expansions addressed in this work utilize Padé approximants of order (1,0) and (1,1) for the CN and GD scheme, and (2,2) and (3,3) for the CN scheme. Approximants orders higher than (1,1) show serious stability problems. This problem is circumvented by rotating the approximants in the complex plane. Two boundary conditions on the edge of the computational window are also investigated: 1) transparent boundary condition (TBC) and 2) transparent absorbing boundary (TAB). These boundary conditions are necessary in order to avoid unwanted reflections back to computational domain. A comparative study of the influence of these boundary conditions on the solution of nonlinear optical waveguides is also addressed in this work.

Este trabalho propõe uma extensão do método de propagação de feixe (BPM - Beam Propagation Method) para a análise de guias de ondas ópticos e acopladores baseados em materiais não-lineares do tipo Kerr. Este método se destina à investigação de estruturas onde a utilização da equação escalar de Helmholtz (EEH) em seu limite paraxial não mais se aplica. Os métodos desenvolvidos para este fim são denominados na literatura como métodos de propagação de feixe de ângulo largo. O formalismo aqui desenvolvido é baseado na técnica das diferenças finitas e nos esquemas de Crank-Nicholson (CN) e Douglas generalizado (GD). Estes esquemas apresentam como característica o fato de apresentarem um erro de truncamento em relação ao passo de discretização transversal, &#916x, proporcional a O(&#916x2) para o primeiro e O(&#916x4). A convergência do método em ambos esquemas é otimizada pela utilização de um algoritmo interativo para a correção do campo no meio não-linear. O formalismo de ângulo largo é obtido pela expansão da EEH para os esquemas CN e GD em termos de polinômios aproximantes de Padé de ordem (1,0) e (1,1) para CN e GD, e (2,2) e (3,3) para CN. Os aproximantes de ordem superior a (1,1) apresentam sérios problemas de estabilidade. Este problema é eliminado pela rotação dos aproximantes no plano complexo. Duas condições de contorno nos extremos da janela computacional são também investigadas: 1) (TBC - Transparent Boundary Condition) e 2) condição de contorno absorvente (TAB - Transparent Absorbing Boundary). Estas condições de contorno possuem a facilidade de evitar que reflexões indesejáveis sejam transmitidas para dentro da janela computacional. Um estudo comparativo da influência destas condições de contorno na solução de guias de ondas ópticos não-lineares é também abordada neste trabalho. / This work introduces an extension of the beam propagation method (BPM) for the analysis of optical waveguides and couplers based on Kerr-type nonlinear materials. This method is intended for the investigation of structures where the paraxial scalar Helmholtz equation (EEH) no longer holds. The numerical methods developed for this situation are known in the literature as wide-angle beam propagation methods. The formulation developed in this work is based on finite differences and on the Crank-Nicholson (CN) and Generalized Douglas (GD) schemes. These schemes are characterized by a truncation error with respect to the transverse discretization step, &#916x, proporcional to O(&#916x2) for the CN and to O(&#916x4) for the GD scheme. The convergence of the method for both schemes is optimized by the application of an iterative algorithm for the correction of the field in the nonlinear medium. The wide-angle formalism is obtained by the expansion of the EEH for the CN and GD schemes in terms of Padé approximant polynomials. The expansions addressed in this work utilize Padé approximants of order (1,0) and (1,1) for the CN and GD scheme, and (2,2) and (3,3) for the CN scheme. Approximants orders higher than (1,1) show serious stability problems. This problem is circumvented by rotating the approximants in the complex plane. Two boundary conditions on the edge of the computational window are also investigated: 1) transparent boundary condition (TBC) and 2) transparent absorbing boundary (TAB). These boundary conditions are necessary in order to avoid unwanted reflections back to computational domain. A comparative study of the influence of these boundary conditions on the solution of nonlinear optical waveguides is also addressed in this work.

Orientadores: Hugo Enrique Hernández-Figueroa, Marcos Sergio Gonçalves / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T09:52:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Isayama_YuriHayashi_M.pdf: 5833509 bytes, checksum: e1f49d9840e5dbbba44fd30da539d0bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, foi realizado um estudo abordando os guias de onda periodicamente segmentados, procurando estudar o comportamento de seus modos de propagação através de simulações numéricas baseadas no Método dos Elementos Finitos 3D. É apresentada uma formulação para a análise modal dos guias de onda, de maneira que se possa estudar a influência de variações na geometria dos mesmos (altura, largura e período do núcleo) em suas características de guiamento. É abordado, também, o efeito que os materiais que compõem o guia de onda segmentado tem na relação de dispersão do guia. A análise crítica dos resutados é realizada por meio da Teoria de Modos Acoplados, a qual permite não somente justificar os resultados, como também fazer previsões, ainda que um tanto qualitativas, a respeito do comportamento esperado para estes guias e dos resultados das variações em sua construção. Por fim, alguns exemplos de possíveis configurações de guias de onda segmentados, projetados para operação dentro da faixa das comunicações ópticas, são apresentados, com o intuito de facilitar o projeto destas estruturas / Abstract: In this work, a study concerning periodically segmented waveguides was conducted, where the study of the behavior of its propagating modes through numerical simulations based on the 3D Finite Element Method was intended. A formulation for modal analysis of the waveguide is presented, so that it is possible to study the influence of geometry variations (height, width, and period of the core) on its guiding characteristics. It is also addressed the effect of the materials composing the waveguide on its dispersion relation. The critical analysis of the results is developed by means of the Coupled Mode Theory, which allows us not only to explain the results, but also make predictions, even though qualitative, concerning the expected behavior of the waveguides, and about the results of variations on the waveguide's construction. Finally, some examples of possible configurations of segmented waveguides, designed for operation within the optical communication band, are presented, with the objective of facilitating the design of such structures / Mestrado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica