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Edwin Jan Klein - Universiteit Twente

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5.3. Fabrication and mask design of vertically coupled<br />

resonators defined using contact lithography<br />

5.3.1 Fabrication<br />

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Fabrication<br />

The fabrication process used to build the first generation of vertically coupled<br />

resonators which is described here uses contact lithography to define the port<br />

waveguides and micro-ring resonators. Although the lithography for these devices is<br />

not as critical as that used for laterally coupled resonators, there are no small gaps<br />

between waveguides, this issue is replaced with the problem of correctly aligning the<br />

microring resonators to the port waveguides. This, combined with the fact that these<br />

devices consist of many more layers than devices based on laterally coupled<br />

resonators makes this process overall more complicated and time-consuming.<br />

Figure 5.8. Process flow with the major fabrication steps required to fabricate vertically coupled Si3N4<br />

microring resonators. (Vertical I, using contact lithography)

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