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Prof. Dr. H. JäckelElectronics Laboratory, IfE
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [email protected] , http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch, http://www.photonics.ethz.ch
09.12.200627.07.2006 3Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
09.12.2006427.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
High Speed Electronics:+200 Gb/s InP/GaAsSb DHBTs
40 Gb/s, 60 GHz CMOS
we,eff=0.7μm
wC=1.2 μm
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Limits of Transistor Electronics: InP/GaAsSb DHBTs for 80 +200 Gb/s Electronics
1) Vertical and lateral device scaling into the 200nm range, 2) GaAsSb-type II baseQuantitative comparison to advanced 2-D nonstationary Hydrodynamic Device SimulatorPerformance benchmarking with simple demonstrators, eg. Ring-oscillators, Frequency Dividers
4x10 Gb/s Transceiver Array in 90nm CMOS for short distance MM-fiber links using AlGaAs VCSELs at 850nm (2.5mW/GHz)
Opt. Output @10Gb/s: Electrical output @10Gb/s:
50um multimode fiber/ PCB waveguide
In progress: 40 Gb/s receiver IC in 60 – 80nm CMOS for fiber-opics09.12.2006727.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
09.12.2006827.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
nm-scale CMOS for digital multi-10 Gb/s ICs
Half-Rate Phase
Detector
I-Q Generator
PhaseInter-
polator
Analog Filter
Reference
Input Clock Buffer
BypassCaps
Data Synchronization
Bypass Caps
Output Buffers
Bypass Caps
Digital Loopfilter
320 μm
Clock Buffer and
Frequency Divider by 32
• mm-Wave-applications from GHz to ~60 GHz for Mobile Com • 10 and 40 Gb/s ICs for Fiberoptics (Transmitter / Receivers) • Ultra Wide Band (UWB) RF-Communication for LANs, WANs, 3-10 GHz
40Gb/s 90nm CMOS TIA + LA, 26Gb/s Half-Rate CDR for Tb/s interconnects:
CASE Center for AdvancedSilicon Electronics
TIA
COMP Capacitors
COMP Capacitors
Bypass Capacitors
Bypass Capacitors
Bypass
Capacitors
Bypass
Capacitors
Output Buffer
Hig
h R
esis
tive
Subs
trat
e
6 LAs
Byp
ass C
apac
itors
140μm
90nm CMOS for mm-wave RF-ICsResearch Examples: 1-56 GHz CMOS 4-stage Travelling Wave Amplifier with 8 dB Gain:
InOut
• S21 > 8dB from close to DC-59GHz• S21 = 9.7dB ± 1.7dB from 10-59GHz• P-1dB,out = 12.5dBm @ 20GHz• Vdc= 2V• Idc= 66mA• Size: 0.85 x 0.35 mm2
CASE Center for AdvancedSilicon Electronics
26-42 GHz SOI CMOS Low Noise (4dB) Amplifier: Low power 4.5 GHz UWB-Wavelet Generator:
09.12.2006927.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
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Photonic Integration for High Density, Multi-Functionality and
Ultrahigh Speed in the InP-Material System
09.12.2006
Trends in Photonic Integration: DensityProgress in Monolithic Photonic Integration:
Status and Projections
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• current integration level modest• typ. ~100 devices /cm-2
• device complexity high
• Nano-Photonics• Photonic Crystals(bandgap WG)
• Photon Wire Circuits(high contrast WG)
• Micro-Photonics(low contrast WG)
• (Hybrid Integration)
09.12.20061127.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Objectives for monolithic integration:• MLLD for Tb/s-OTDM-systems require sub-ps optical pulses e.g. τpulse ~500fs @ 1000Gb/s• size reduction, mechanical and temperature stability and high optical data rates
State-of-the-Art: pulse width tpulse~2ps at low frep limited by slow saturable absorbers ! ultra fast absorbers
Functional Integration: SOA + passive WG + Interfaces + Absorber/Modulator
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Mode-locking conditions:Esat, absorber < Esat, SOA
τsat, absorber < τsat, SOA
conventional MLLD (with slow SOA-type absorber)
Passive Waveguide
, SOA
Novel MLLD with UTC (Uni Travelling Carrier) absorber
avoiding slow hole drift ![ for photodiodes T.Ishibashi et al., 2001]
integration of a 3rd device section !
UTC Absorber
09.12.2006
Lateral MOCVD-Regrowth Process-FlowTechnology choice: MOCVD–lateral regrowth for freedom in layer composition
2 SiO2-masked additional regrowth steps for UTC and passive WG
Regrowth challenges: optimization between- SiO2-mask under-etch- MOCVD gas pressure- MOCVD growth temperature- total growth thickness
Solution: 2-step growth of WG-core and top-cladding optimized regrowth:
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residualroughness
1.5μm
SOA WG
SiO2-mask
mask-underetch
passive WG UTC
layer etchSiO2-mask
mask overhang, μm
heig
ht o
f gro
wth
arte
fact
regrowthSiO2-mask
09.12.2006
UTC-MLLD Fabrication Sequence I
1525.01.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Fig.9a: SEM of butt-coupling UTC-WG Fig.9b: SEM of butt-coupling SOA-WG 1 = SOA growth 2 = UTC growth 4 = Waveguide cladding regrowth (undoped) 1a = Etch buffer 3 = Waveguide core (proposed, i.e. not grown on this sample) 1b = Etch stop regrowth 5 = P-Contact regrowth (doped)
300nm
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1625.01.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Results: pulse width reduction ~4-5x to 600fs, small residual reflections are still present 09.12.20061627.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Distributed time-domain model of hybrid mode-locked , 2-section UTC-MLLD with internal reflections(R=5% , LSOA=930mm, LUTC=70mm):
UTC-MLLD: FFT of autocorr.: conventional MLLD:
09.12.2006
Densification of Optoelectronic Devices and OICs
to the Wavelength scale
InP-based Photonic Crystals
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09.12.2006
Densification of optoelectronic InP-devices and OICs
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mm - cm-sized devices for OICs based on low contrast waveguides are mainly interconnect-limited!bend
Nor
m. f
requ
ency
Norm. propagation constant
Photonic Bandgap
Ref
M.K.Chin et al., 19995μm ETH, D. Erni
air holes
dielectric
a~λ/2air-holes(lattice constant a~400nm, ∅~200n)
planar WG(InP/InGaAsP/InP)
Substrate(InP)
1μm
current, voltage
(High contrast PhC-membrane:) Low contrast PhC on substrate:
Solution: high contrast WG, Photon Wires or Photonic Crystals
reduce device size and interconnect area to a few 10λ2
increase photon density and nonlinearities dispersion engineering “slow light”new device functionsmanipulation of electronic transitions
Challenges:- nano-scale technology- competition against existing solutions- functional completeness- engineering CAD platforms- interconnection to fiber-world- active PhCs, contacting and current-injection
09.12.2006
2D- and 3D-Simulation of planar, substrate-type PhCs
1925.01.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory /ETH Zürich [email protected]
hole depth: 1.5um ETH, K. Rauscher hole depth: 2.5um
air
holes
substrate
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- PhC functions are not very intuitive need for fast engineering models- fast 2D-models not accurate enough (out-of-plane scattering neglected) - 3D-model are a reference but are too time consuming
phenomenological 2D-model with hole scattering loss represented by complex dielectric constant ε
Hole depth and out-of plane scattering:
hole etch depth ~3μm for passive, ~4μm for active PhCs for low contrast InP/InGaAsP/InP WGhigh losses for W1-WG α~500 dB/cm by 3D-FDTD
3D-(FDTD, SEMCADTM) vs. 2D-(MMP)-simulation:
the role of scattering losses
Example: optimized power splitter:
1 SiN/Ti-hard mask, EBL-resist 2 EBL+PEC 3 RIE of hardmask 4 ICP-RIE of GaInAsPdeposition PMMA patterning
3a 3b 4
Major Process Characteristics: - proximity corrected e-beam litho (30kV) - max. PMMA thickness <300nm- SiNx/Ti hard-mask, max. reliable etched thickness 400nm- SF6-, CHF3-based RIE etching of hard-mask
- optimized Ar/Cl2/N2 ICP cyclic etch chemistry for deep holes:Ar: physical etchingCl2: chemical etching N2: hole sidewall passivation, shape control
09.12.2006
InP/InGaAsP-Photonic Crystals: Process Flow I
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Open Issues:
- hole wall roughness and scattering losses
- carrier lifetime reduction dueto surface damage
- hole etch tolerances
PMMA
3.5μm
1
3
4
09.12.2006
Photonic Crystal Standing WavemeterScanning Nearfield Optical Microscope (SNOM)-Measurement of standing wave pattern in W1 PhC WG
dispersion relation k(ω): attenuation α:
SNOM set-up:
2125.01.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Results:- SNOM-wavemeter: precise k(ω)-, α-measurements- loss ~900dB/cm are state-of-the-art,
but high compared to membranes (III-V, SOI)- 3D-FDTD-simulation: loss ~500dB/cm
09.12.20062127.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Courtesy: Nano-Optics Group, ETH
09.12.2006
Interfacing Photonic Crystal: Power SplitterMix&Match-lithography (optical and e-beam litho) interface to fibers-PhCs
shallow ridge (width=1.5μm / height=300nm) deep trench (w=0.5μm / h=3μm) WG PhC WG
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Optical EBLridge WG trench ridge WG
2μm
Optimized PhC-splitter:
10μm
Transmission measurement:
Out 1, 2
Alignment tolerance: optical - EBL
350nm alignment tolerance
09.12.20062327.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Ultra fast Tb/s Photonics: Beyond the Speed of Transistor Electronics II
All Optical Switches for Tb/s fiberoptic data communication
500 fs Switching WindowAND-Function
09.12.20062427.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Concepts of All Optical Switches
data out
Ps data in Pc1,2 delayed
control
k
E(k)
EV(k)
EC1(k)
EC2(k)
TPA IBT
ISBT
Valence band
Conduction band
PS
ISBTQW-stack
PC
PS
Gain-pumped ISBT-AOS
In-line all-optical gain switch: MZ-Interferometric SOA switch:fast ISBT absortpion recovery slow IBT absoption recovery
τrecovery~1/Bdata typ.< 1ps τrecovery>>1/Bdata
Interband and Intersubband transitions in QWs: Sub-ps Switching Performance:
+ fast, low saturation energy- complicated structure and control
drawback of ISBT:only active for TM-polarization !
PS
ISB TQW -stack
P C
PS
ISBT active WG
passive WG
09.12.20062527.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Challenges of ultrathin Quantum Wells
Sb and In interdiffusion
Destroyed interfaces
Non square-like potential
Reduced separation energy between states
AlAs layer improves the interface quality
The InGaAs/AlAsSb system: intersubband transition energy decrease:
AlAs-Monolyer interfaces for stopping Sb- and In-interdiffusion:
09.12.20062627.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Honeycomb TM-mode PhCs for ISBT-AOS
• Honeycomb PhCs provide an interesting compromise
• Honeycomb PhC require a large r/a-ratio
• Honeycomb lattice: (n=3.24, h=0.45a, r/a=02.4)
largest TM-PBG for manufacturable PhC structures
up to 12% bandgap (200nm bandwidth @ 1550nm)
Processing challenges for high r/a<0.22-ratio:
Material CollapseConnection r/a=0.22 of a =530nmr/a=0.24 of a =530nm
2D band diagram of honey comb PhCs (substate type):
n=3.24, r=0.24a
09.12.20062727.07.2006 Prof. H. Jäckel / Electronics Laboratory / ETH Zürich [email protected]
Honeycomb Photonic Crystal TM-mode waveguides
K 'Γ −
K 'Γ0
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.2
Wave vector kx
f
Requirements:- large TM-bandgap at 1550nm - small group velocity vgr for high nonlinearity - „acceptable“ a/r-ratio for reliable fabrication
Removing two rows of holes
• Type I: W1 PhC waveguide in direction and its 2D band diagramK 'Γ −
Γ K '0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Wave vector kx
f
• Type II: W2 PhC waveguide in direction and its 2D band diagram
Introducing one row of holes
FIRST-LAB: Example of Technology-Sequence of an InP/InGaAs-Heterojunction Bipolartransistor-ICFIRST-LAB: Example of Technology-Sequence of an InP/InGaAs-Heterojunction Bipolartransistor-IC
InP-Wafer 12 Mask-Prozess, 4-5 week processing in the clean-room
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