Room-temperature-deposited dielectrics and superconductors for integrated photonics

Published

May 1, 2017

Author(s)

Jeffrey M. Shainline, Sonia M. Buckley, Nima Nader, Cale M. Gentry, Kevin C. Cossel, Milos A. Popovic, Nathan R. Newbury, Richard P. Mirin

Abstract

We present an approach to fabrication and packaging of integrated photonic devices that utilizes waveguide and detector layers deposited at near-ambient temperature. All lithography is performed with a 365 nm i-line stepper, facilitating low cost and high scalability. We have shown low-loss SiN waveguides, high-Q ring resonators, critically coupled ring resonators, 50/50 beam splitters, Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) and a process-agnostic fiber packaging scheme. We have further explored the utility of this process for applications in nonlinear optics and quantum photonics. We demonstrate spectral tailoring and octave-spanning supercontinuum generation as well as the integration of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors with MZIs and channel-dropping filters. The packaging approach is suitable for operation up to 160 \degree C as well as below 1 K. The process is well suited for augmentation of existing foundry capabilities or as a stand-alone process.

Citation

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

25

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.010322

Keywords

Integrated photonics, single-photon detectors, waveguides, resonators, spectroscopy, nonlinear optics

Citation

Shainline, J. , Buckley, S. , Nader, N. , Gentry, C. , Cossel, K. , Popovic, M. , Newbury, N. and Mirin, R. (2017), Room-temperature-deposited dielectrics and superconductors for integrated photonics, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.010322 (Accessed October 9, 2025)