It is shown that due to high speed and large volume of production, anisotropic wet etching of Si is a unique method of manufacturing high quality micropyramidal arrays for silicon photonics. Four types of arrays were fabricated: (i) square pyramids with the 54.7º slope of the sidewall surface, (ii) microcones with the 45º slope of sidewall surface, (iii) inverted square pyramids with 54.7º slope, and (iv) inverted triangular pyramids with different angles of the sidewalls. It is shown that the first type of arrays has a capability to produce tightly focused mid-wave infrared (MWIR) beams at the tips of the pyramids. Other arrays can be also used as light concentrators and various multifunctional microphotonic components.


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    Title :

    Anisotropic Wet Etching of Si as a Fabrication Tool Enabling 3-D Microphotonics Structures and Devices




    Publication date :

    2021-08-16


    Size :

    13276463 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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