J. David Musgraves
Clemson University
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Science and Technology of Advanced Materials | 2014
Vivek Singh; Pao Tai Lin; Neil Patel; Hongtao Lin; Lan Li; Yi Zou; Fei Deng; Chaoying Ni; Juejun Hu; James Giammarco; Anna Paola Soliani; Bogdan Zdyrko; Igor Luzinov; Spencer Novak; Jackie Novak; Peter Wachtel; Sylvain Danto; J. David Musgraves; Kathleen Richardson; Lionel C. Kimerling; Anuradha M. Agarwal
Abstract In this article, we review our recent work on mid-infrared (mid-IR) photonic materials and devices fabricated on silicon for on-chip sensing applications. Pedestal waveguides based on silicon are demonstrated as broadband mid-IR sensors. Our low-loss mid-IR directional couplers demonstrated in SiNx waveguides are useful in differential sensing applications. Photonic crystal cavities and microdisk resonators based on chalcogenide glasses for high sensitivity are also demonstrated as effective mid-IR sensors. Polymer-based functionalization layers, to enhance the sensitivity and selectivity of our sensor devices, are also presented. We discuss the design of mid-IR chalcogenide waveguides integrated with polycrystalline PbTe detectors on a monolithic silicon platform for optical sensing, wherein the use of a low-index spacer layer enables the evanescent coupling of mid-IR light from the waveguides to the detector. Finally, we show the successful fabrication processing of our first prototype mid-IR waveguide-integrated detectors.
Nature Photonics | 2014
Lan Li; Hongtao Lin; Shutao Qiao; Yi Zou; Sylvain Danto; Kathleen Richardson; J. David Musgraves; Nanshu Lu; Juejun Hu
Photonic integration on plastic substrates enables emerging applications ranging from flexible interconnects to conformal sensors on biological tissues. Such devices are traditionally fabricated using pattern transfer, which is complicated and has limited integration capacity. Here we pioneered a monolithic approach to realize flexible, high-index-contrast glass photonics with significantly improved processing throughput and yield. Noting that the conventional multilayer bending theory fails when laminates have large elastic mismatch, we derived a mechanics theory accounting for multiple neutral axes in one laminated structure to accurately predict its strain-optical coupling behavior. Through combining monolithic fabrication and local neutral axis designs, we fabricated devices that boast record optical performance (Q=460,000) and excellent mechanical flexibility enabling repeated bending down to sub-millimeter radius without measurable performance degradation, both of which represent major improvements over state-of-the-art. Further, we demonstrate that our technology offers a facile fabrication route for 3-D high-index-contrast photonics difficult to process using traditional methods.
Optics Express | 2010
Nathan Carlie; J. David Musgraves; Bogdan Zdyrko; Igor Luzinov; Juejun Hu; Vivek Singh; Anu Agarwal; Lionel C. Kimerling; Antonio Canciamilla; Francesco Morichetti; Andrea Melloni; Kathleen Richardson
In this paper, attributes of chalcogenide glass (ChG) based integrated devices are discussed in detail, including origins of optical loss and processing steps used to reduce their contributions to optical component performance. Specifically, efforts to reduce loss and tailor optical characteristics of planar devices utilizing solution-based glass processing and thermal reflow techniques are presented and their results quantified. Post-fabrication trimming techniques based on the intrinsic photosensitivity of the chalcogenide glass are exploited to compensate for fabrication imperfections of ring resonators. Process parameters and implications on enhancement of device fabrication flexibility are presented.
Optics Letters | 2013
Hongtao Lin; Lan Li; Yi Zou; Sylvain Danto; J. David Musgraves; Kathleen Richardson; Stephen Kozacik; Maciej Murakowski; Dennis W. Prather; Pao T. Lin; Vivek Singh; Anu Agarwal; Lionel C. Kimerling; Juejun Hu
We demonstrated high-index-contrast, waveguide-coupled As2Se3 chalcogenide glass resonators monolithically integrated on silicon fabricated using optical lithography and a lift-off process. The resonators exhibited a high intrinsic quality factor of 2×10(5) at 5.2 μm wavelength, which is among the highest values reported in on-chip mid-infrared (mid-IR) photonic devices. The resonator can serve as a key building block for mid-IR planar photonic circuits.
Lab on a Chip | 2013
Pao Tai Lin; Vivek Singh; Juejun Hu; Kathleen Richardson; J. David Musgraves; Igor Luzinov; Joel M. Hensley; Lionel C. Kimerling; Anu Agarwal
Towards a future lab-on-a-chip spectrometer, we demonstrate a compact chip-scale air-clad silicon pedestal waveguide as a Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) sensor capable of in situ monitoring of organic solvents. The sensor is a planar crystalline silicon waveguide, which is highly transparent, between λ = 1.3 and 6.5 μm, so that its operational spectral range covers most characteristic chemical absorption bands due to bonds such as C-H, N-H, O-H, C-C, N-O, C=O, and C≡N, as opposed to conventional UV, Vis, Near-IR sensors, which use weaker overtones of these fundamental bands. To extend light transmission beyond λ = 3.7 μm, a spectral region where a typical silicon dioxide under-clad is absorbing, we fabricate a unique air-clad silicon pedestal waveguide. The sensing mechanism of our Mid-IR waveguide sensor is based on evanescent wave absorption by functional groups of the surrounding chemical molecules, which selectively absorb specific wavelengths in the mid-IR, depending on the nature of their chemical bonds. From a measurement of the waveguide mode intensities, we demonstrate in situ identification of chemical compositions and concentrations of organic solvents. For instance, we show that when testing at λ = 3.55 μm, the Mid-IR sensor can distinguish hexane from the rest of the tested analytes (methanol, toluene, carbon tetrachloride, ethanol and acetone), since hexane has a strong absorption from the aliphatic C-H stretch at λ = 3.55 μm. Analogously, applying the same technique at λ = 3.3 μm, the Mid-IR sensor is able to determine the concentration of toluene dissolved in carbon tetrachloride, because toluene has a strong absorption at λ = 3.3 μm from the aromatic C-H stretch. With our demonstration of an air-clad silicon pedestal waveguide sensor, we move closer towards the ultimate goal of an ultra-compact portable spectrometer-on-a-chip.
Optical Materials Express | 2012
Yi Zou; Hongtao Lin; Okechukwu Ogbuu; Lan Li; Sylvain Danto; Spencer Novak; Jacklyn Novak; J. David Musgraves; Kathleen Richardson; Juejun Hu
Thin film selenide glasses have emerged as an important material for integrated photonics due to its high refractive index, mid-IR transparency and high non-linear optical indices. We prepared high-quality As2Se3 glass films using spin coating from ethylenediamine solutions. The physio-chemical properties of the films are characterized as a function of annealing conditions. Compared to bulk glasses, as-deposited films possess a distinctively different network structure due to presence of Se-Se homo-polar bonds and residual solvent. Annealing partially recovers the As-Se3 pyramid structure and brings the film refractive indices close to the bulk value. Optical loss in the films measured at 1550 nm wavelength is 9 dB/cm, which was attributed to N-H bond absorption from residual solvent.
Optical Materials Express | 2011
J. David Musgraves; Kathleen Richardson; H. Jain
A brief review of laser-induced material modification in glassy materials is presented. The mechanisms of energy transfer from the laser and the subsequent structural modifications are reviewed. Specific features of femtosecond (fs) and continuous wave (CW) laser irradiation of glass are presented and the impact of the process parameters on the properties is discussed. The diverse responses exhibited by various glass families are presented and contrasted, with a focus on the use of these materials and processes for a wide variety of novel applications. Finally, suggestions of future directions for laser-induced material modification are presented.
Journal of Applied Physics | 2011
J. David Musgraves; Peter Wachtel; Spencer Novak; Jacklyn Wilkinson; Kathleen Richardson
The viscosity of the AsxSe100−x family of glasses has been measured for 10 ≤ x ≤ 40 using beam bending and parallel plate viscometry, and fit with the Vogel-Fulcher-Tamann (VFT) viscosity model. Measurement of other physical properties of the glasses, including the density, glass transition temperature, and coefficient of thermal expansion has been conducted in order to accurately calculate the viscosity as a function of temperature and glass composition. The variation in fragility of the glasses is explained in the context of frozen-in configurational entropy in the glasses. This configurational entropy has minima at the endpoints of the one-dimensional network of amorphous selenium and the fully three-dimensional network of As40Se60, and an apparent maximum at the composition As30Se70. The frozen-in configurational entropy can be well described by a modified entropy of mixing of two solid solutions model, implying that the topological contribution to configurational entropy is nearly constant across the...
Optics Letters | 2011
Antonio Canciamilla; Stefano Grillanda; Francesco Morichetti; C. Ferrari; Juejun Hu; J. David Musgraves; Kathleen Richardson; Anu Agarwal; Lionel C. Kimerling; Andrea Melloni
Selective exposure to visible light is used to permanently trim the resonant wavelengths of coupled ring-resonator filters and delay-lines realized on a chalcogenide As2S3 platform. Post-fabrication manipulation of the circuit parameters has proved an effective tool to compensate for technological tolerances, targeting demanding specifications in photonic integrated circuits with no need for always-on power-hungry actuators. The same approach opens a way to realize photonic integrated circuits that can be reconfigured after fabrication to fulfill specific applications.
Optical Materials Express | 2013
Pao Tai Lin; Vivek Singh; Jianfei Wang; Hongtao Lin; Juejun Hu; Kathleen Richardson; J. David Musgraves; Igor Luzinov; Joel M. Hensley; Lionel C. Kimerling; Anu Agarwal
CMOS compatible mid-Infrared (mid-IR) microphotonics including (1) broadband SOUP (Silicon on Oxide Undercladding Pedestal) waveguides; and (2) mid-IR transparent chalcogenide glass (ChGs) waveguides monolithically integrated with a PbTe thin film photodetector; are demonstrated. Using a pedestal undercladding geometry we obtain an optical loss for our Si waveguide which is 10 dB/cm lower compared to other waveguides using planar SiO2 cladding at λ = 5 µm, and a fundamental mode is seen over a broad mid-IR spectral range. To realize a fully integrated mid-IR on-chip system, in parallel, we develop PbTe thin film detectors that can be deposited on various mid-IR platforms through a thermal evaporation technique, offering high photoresponsivity of 25 V/W from λ = 1 µm to 4 µm. The detector can be efficiently integrated, using a suitable spacer, to an underlying Chalcogenide glass (ChGs) waveguide. Our results of low loss waveguides and integrated thin film detectors enable Si-CMOS microphotonics for mid-IR applications.