• DocumentCode
    1495831
  • Title

    Thin film vertical diffraction gratings fabricated using glancing angle deposition

  • Author

    Elezzabi, A.Y. ; Sit, J.C. ; Holzman, J.F. ; Robbie, K. ; Brett, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/18/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    493
  • Abstract
    SiO thin film vertical diffraction gratings fabricated on Si substrates by the use of an advanced glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique are demonstrated. Diffraction gratings with variable groove heights and variable grating periods ranging from 100 nm to 10 μm are fabricated in a one-step deposition process. Gratings fabricated with this technique have potential applications in integrated photonic devices
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical fabrication; silicon compounds; vapour deposition; 100 nm to 10 micron; Si; SiO-Si; glancing angle deposition; integrated photonic devices; one-step deposition process; thin film vertical diffraction gratings; variable grating periods; variable groove heights;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990340
  • Filename
    756413