Fabrication of surface gratings in GaAs and AlGaAs by electron beam lithography and chemically assisted ion beam etching

Jens Dienelt; Karsten Otte; Klaus-Peter Zimmer; F. Pietag; Frieder Bigl

doi:10.1117/12.360145

6 September 1999 Fabrication of surface gratings in GaAs and AlGaAs by electron beam lithography and chemically assisted ion beam etching

Jens Dienelt, Karsten Otte, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, F. Pietag, Frieder Bigl

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Proceedings Volume 3739, Optical Fabrication and Testing; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360145
Event: Optical Systems Design and Production, 1999, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Optical surface gratings for surface emitting semiconductor lasers require extremely smooth functional surfaces, vertical step edges, a low sidewall roughness, and a high accuracy cover a large are. We report on the fabrication of binary patterns with a period of 1300 nm in GaAs and AlGaAs by electron beam lithography and different dry etching techniques, such as IBE, CAIBE and CARIBE. In order to improve the selectivity of the etch technique as well as the sidewall roughness three different etching mask techniques were applied. For grating depths of about 150 nm the best result with respect other geometrical grating characteristics have been achieved by using the e-beam exposed and developed PMMA as a direct etching mask. Comparing the different etching techniques, CAIBE on GaAs with chlorine shows the best etching behavior. A step edge angle of 90 degrees was achieved at an energy of 200 eV and a chlorine flow of 1.25 sccm. Optical diffraction measurements reveal a high efficiency for the gratings with vertical sidewalls and a line/space ratio of approximately 1.

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Jens Dienelt, Karsten Otte, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, F. Pietag, and Frieder Bigl "Fabrication of surface gratings in GaAs and AlGaAs by electron beam lithography and chemically assisted ion beam etching", Proc. SPIE 3739, Optical Fabrication and Testing, (6 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360145

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