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- the present invention relates to a light 15 article, in particular to an optical waveguide and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the deposition method is a method of forming a SiO 2 film on a substrate made of silicon etc. Specifically, it is a flame deposition method, a plasma chemical vapor deposition method (P-CVD method) or a molecular beam There is a vapor deposition method (MBE method) or the like.
- germanium oxide on a quartz substrate 7 (G E_ ⁇ 2) was added particulate silicon dioxide (S i 0 2) or titania (T i 0 2) was added After depositing fine particle silicon dioxide (S i 0 2 ) to a thickness of several meters, it is sintered and clarified to form a core layer 8.
- the core layer 8 is formed into a predetermined shape by photolithography and dry etching to form a core portion 81. Thereafter, as shown in FIG.
- the optical waveguide is manufactured by depositing silicon dioxide (S i 0 2 ), sintering it and making it transparent to form the upper cladding layer 9.
- the manufacturing method in the ion exchange method will be described.
- a waveguide pattern is formed on the substrate by a metal mask.
- the substrate is immersed in a molten salt containing a dopant, and the dopant is diffused into the glass of the waveguide pattern by utilizing the ion exchange phenomenon between the dopant and the glass component to form a glass substrate.
- a core layer on the surface layer of the core layer of the core layer having the same shape as the mask pattern can be obtained only in the exposed region.
- the glass substrate is immersed in the molten salt containing only the component other than the above-mentioned dopant, and an electric field is applied to the core layer formed in the surface layer.
- a core of a predetermined shape is formed inside the glass substrate.
- the core portion is a high refractive index portion to be an optical waveguide.
- the surface layer of the glass substrate is covered with a material of low refractive index so as to cover the core portion to be an optical waveguide after removing the metal mask, and the core portion is embedded.
- the optical waveguide formed by the deposition method has the smallest propagation loss
- the number of manufacturing steps of the optical waveguide is large because the core and cladding layers are deposited and sintered, and the patterning step is performed by photolithography.
- productivity There is a problem with productivity because the process requires a long time. For example, it takes 1.5 hours to deposit the core layer and 10 hours to sinter.
- the optical waveguide formed by the ion exchange method can be manufactured in a relatively short time, since the core layer is manufactured by the ion exchange, the dopant is unevenly distributed in the thickness direction of the glass substrate. As a result, it is a problem that the distribution is also generated in the thickness direction also in the refractive index and the propagation loss becomes worse. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and to provide an inexpensive optical waveguide having a small propagation loss and shortening the number of manufacturing steps and the manufacturing time of the optical waveguide and a method of manufacturing the same.
- the present invention has the following configuration.
- the optical waveguide of the present invention comprises a cladding and a core portion embedded in the cladding to be a waveguide, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be the core portion is ⁇ 1 and the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be the cladding
- ⁇ 2
- the absolute value of the difference ( ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ a 2) of these thermal expansion coefficients is a combination of glass materials in the range of 0 to 9 ⁇ 1 0 ⁇ 7 / ° C. It consists of composition.
- the optical waveguide can be manufactured at a lower temperature than in the conventional method, so that not only the freedom of material selection increases, but also cost reduction is possible.
- the optical waveguide according to the present invention comprises a cladding and a core embedded in the cladding to form a waveguide, and the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be the core is ⁇ 1 and its deformation point is A t 1, Assuming that the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be clad is ⁇ 2 and the deformation point thereof is At 2, the absolute value of the difference (a 1 ⁇ ⁇ 2) of these thermal expansion coefficients is 0 to 9 X 1 0 7 Z In the range of ° C., the deformation point of the glass material to be the core portion is a combination of glass materials whose temperature is 70 ° C. or more higher than the deformation point of the cladding glass material.
- the upper cladding layer be formed by sputtering, but also a manufacturing method in which the core portion is embedded by heat pressing using a glass plate to be a cladding layer while being integrated with the lower cladding layer becomes possible. It will be possible to reduce costs by shortening the time significantly.
- the glass material of the core is crown borosilicate crown glass, and the composition is silicon dioxide (S i 0 2 ), boron oxide (B 2 0 3 ), alkali metal oxide (R 2 0) And a divalent metal oxide (LO) (R: alkali metal, L: divalent metal), and the glass material of the cladding is fluorine crown glass, and its composition is silicon dioxide (S i 0 2 ), It has a composition of boron oxide (B 2 O 3 ) and a fluorine compound, so that the propagation loss characteristics can be good and the cost can be reduced.
- the optical waveguide of the present invention is, dioxide silicofluoride-containing (S I_ ⁇ 2) is a fluorine class Ungarasu consisting of boron oxide (B 2 0 3) and the fluorine compound, the core portion
- the composition has a combination of materials whose refractive index is larger than the refractive index of the clad, which has good propagation loss characteristics and can be made at low cost.
- an optical polished surface of a glass plate to be a lower cladding layer and an optical polished surface of a glass plate to be a core layer are opposed to each other by pressure bonding and heating.
- the optical polishing surface of the glass plate to be the lower cladding layer and the optical polishing surface of the glass plate to be the core layer are directly bonded by pressure bonding and heating.
- An upper cladding layer made of a glass plate having a lower deformation point than the deformation point of the core portion is disposed on the core portion, and heated and pressed at least to a temperature higher than the deformation point of the upper cladding layer.
- the difference between these thermal expansion coefficients alpha 1-alpha 2 absolute value of) is a method of using a glass material in a range of 0 ⁇ 9 X 1 0- 7 / t ), cracks Ya exfoliation does not occur even after the direct bonding and dicing step
- the optical waveguide can be easily manufactured.
- the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be the core portion is 1 and its deformation point is A t 1 and the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass material to be clad is ⁇ 2 and its deformation
- the absolute value of the difference between the thermal expansion coefficients (1 1 ⁇ 2) is in the range of 0 to 9 ⁇ 1 O ⁇ Z: and the curvature of the glass material to be the core part
- the heat pressing step is a method of heating at a temperature higher than the deformation point of the glass material to be clad and lower than the deformation point of the glass material to be core.
- the upper cladding layer and the lower cladding layer can be reliably joined and integrated while suppressing the deformation of the core by setting the above in the above range.
- the glass material of the core and the cladding is, silicon dioxide (S I_ ⁇ 2), boron oxide (B 2 ⁇ 3) and full Tsu-containing crown glass comprising a fluorine compound
- the refractive index of the core portion is a combination of materials having a refractive index larger than that of the cladding, and direct bonding is easy, and the bonding strength of the bonding interface is large, and a highly reliable optical waveguide can be manufactured.
- each of the bonding surfaces of the lower cladding layer and the core layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (R a) of 0.1 nm to 1 nm across the entire surface of the substrate to be bonded.
- R a arithmetic average surface roughness
- Ra is 1 nm or less, it is possible to reliably form an interatomic bond between the glass components of the substrate, and when the flatness is 1 m or less, the substrates are uniformly contacted over the entire surface. As this becomes possible, direct bonding can be performed reliably and stably.
- FIG. 1 is a process diagram showing an optical waveguide in Example 1 of the present invention and a method of manufacturing the same.
- FIG. 2 is a process chart showing an optical waveguide in Example 2 of the present invention and a method of manufacturing the same. Diagram showing the method of manufacturing the optical waveguide by the method BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 is a manufacturing process diagram of the optical waveguide of Example 1 of the present invention.
- a disc-shaped fluorine crown glass having a diameter of 3 inches as a substrate to be the lower cladding layer 1 a and a borosilicate crown glass having the same shape as the substrate to be the core layer 2 were directly bonded.
- the bonded state is shown in Fig. 1 (a).
- Direct bonding is performed in the following procedure. First, one side of each glass substrate is subjected to optical polishing so that the arithmetic average roughness (R a) is 1 nm and the flatness is 1 m. After that, these glass substrates are washed to obtain a degree of cleanliness in which the contact angle of water with these glass substrates is 5 degrees or less.
- a fluorine crown glass the composition of which is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 -K 2 0-K 2 H 2
- the thermal expansion coefficient of 8 6 X 1 0- 7 Z was used as the glass to be the lower cladding layer 1 a.
- borosilicate crown glass the composition of which is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 -N a 2 0 -K 2 0 1 B a 0, was used.
- Each glass substrate is 1 mm thick and 3 inches in diameter.
- Each of the opposing surfaces is optically polished until Ra: 1 nm and flatness: 1 m, and after cleaning so that the contact angle of water to each substrate is 5 degrees or less, the polished surfaces are made to face each other. Crimp and heat-treat at a temperature of 250 ° C for 1 hour to directly bond the two substrates together.
- crown glass borogeate to be core layer 2 was ground and polished to a thickness of 7 ii m.
- a photoresist 3 was formed on a borogeic acid crown glass, a mask pattern was superposed thereon, and exposure and development were performed to form a patterned photoresist 3.
- Reactive ion etching was performed using the patterned photoresist 3 as a mask to form a core 20 having a cross-sectional shape of 7 ⁇ m square.
- fluorine crown glass having the same composition as that of the lower cladding layer 1a was sputtered for 20 m to form an upper cladding layer 1b, thereby producing an optical waveguide.
- the lower 3 ⁇ 45 cladding layer 1 a and the upper cladding layer 1 b are made of the same material, have the same optical properties, and both constitute an integrated cladding 1.
- the sample prepared in this manner is called Experimental Example 1.
- Absolute value of the difference between Koa portion 2 0 and the thermal expansion coefficient of the cladding 1 of the optical waveguide Experimental Example 1 (a 1-2) is a 9 X 1 0- 7 / ° C .
- the bonding strength at the interface between the directly bonded core portion 20 and the clad 1 was sufficiently large, and no peeling occurred.
- the lower cladding layer 1a and the core portion 20 are sufficiently covered with the upper cladding layer 1t> formed by sputtering, and the core portion 20 and the lower cladding layer 1a or co No air bubbles likely to be generated at the interface between the front portion 20 and the upper cladding layer 1 b were also observed at all.
- a plurality of optical waveguides fabricated on a disk-shaped glass substrate with a diameter of 3 inches are cut into pieces, and the end face of the core portion 20 is cut and exposed by a dicer or the like for coupling with an optical fiber 1.
- a dicer or the like for coupling with an optical fiber 1.
- a disk-shaped fluorine crown glass having a diameter of 3 inches and a thickness of 1 mm was used as the core layer and the lower cladding layer 1 a as described above.
- the fluorine crown glass to be the lower cladding layer 1a has a glass deformation point: 491, a refractive index: 1. 4816, a thermal expansion coefficient of 95 ⁇ 10 — 7 / ° C., and its composition is S i 0 2 — B 2 0 3 — A 1 F 3 — K 2 0 1 Na 2 0.
- the fluorine cloud Ngarasu is glass deformation point as a core layer 2: 568, refractive index: 1.4876, the coefficient of thermal expansion 95 X 10 one 7 /.
- the composition is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 -K 2 0 1 KF.
- the method and conditions for producing an optical waveguide using these glass substrates were the same as in Experimental Example 1. The sample produced in this manner is referred to as Experimental Example 2.
- a fluorine crown glass having a diameter of 3 inches and a thickness of 1 mm was used as the lower cladding layer 1a, and a borosilicate glass having the same shape as the core layer 2 was used.
- Fluorine crown glass as the lower clad layer 1 a is glass yield point: 495 ° C, refractive index: 1.5112, a thermal expansion coefficient 100X 10- 7, the composition is S i 0 2 - KF- K 2 0 It is.
- FIG. 2 is a manufacturing process diagram of the optical waveguide of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- Lower cladding layer 4 a A disk-shaped fluorine crown glass 3 inches in diameter as a substrate to be bonded and a fluorine crown glass of the same shape as a substrate to be a core layer 2 were bonded by direct bonding. The bonded state is shown in Fig. 2 (a). The procedure for direct bonding is the same as in Example 1, so the description is omitted.
- a bonded substrate 21 in which the core layer 5 and the lower cladding layer 4a are bonded and integrated can be obtained.
- FIG. 2 (b) grinding and polishing are performed from the surface side of the core layer 5 until the thickness of the core layer 5 becomes 5-7.
- FIG. 2 (c) after applying photoresist 6 by spin coating, patterning is performed by a photolithographic method as shown in FIG. 2 (d), and then unnecessary portions of core layer 5 are dry etched. Etch. This is shown in Fig. 2 (e).
- the photoresist 6 is removed to obtain a core-formed substrate 21 a on which the core 50 is formed. This is shown in Fig. 2 (f).
- an upper cladding layer 4b made of fluorine crown glass of the same material as the lower cladding layer 4a is prepared.
- heat pressing is performed at a temperature 20 to 30 ° C. higher than the glass deformation point of the upper cladding layer 4b.
- fluorine crown glass of 3 inches in diameter and 1 mm in thickness, which is optically polished on one side and cleaned, is used as the core layer 5 and the lower cladding layer 4 a.
- fluorine crown glass serving as the lower cladding layer 4 a is deformation point (At 2): 49 I: , refractive index: 1.4816, the coefficient of thermal expansion ( ⁇ 2): 95X 10- 7.
- T 2 deformation point
- ⁇ 2 the coefficient of thermal expansion
- C its composition is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 ⁇ 4 -A 1 F 3 -K 2 0-Na. It is 0.
- core layer 5 Fluorine crown glass comprising, yield point (At 1): 568 ° C , refractive index: 1.48 76, thermal expansion coefficient (a 1): 95X 10- 7 Bruno ° (: a, its composition S I_ ⁇ 2 -B 2 0 3 -K 2 0-KF
- the polished surface of the lower cladding layer 4 a and the polished surface of the core layer 5 were crimped facing each other, heat-treated at 25 for 1 hour, and direct bonding.
- the R a after optical polishing, the flatness and the contact angle of water to the substrate after cleaning were set to the same values as in Example 1.
- the core layer 5 was ground and polished to a thickness of 7 m. Thereafter, a photoresist 6 was applied on the core layer 5 and a predetermined exposure was performed thereon to form a patterned photoresist 6. Dry etching was performed using this patterned photoresist 6 as a mask to form a core 50 having a sectional shape of approximately 7 m square. Subsequently, the upper clad layer 4 b made of glass of the same material as that of the lower clad layer 4 a was disposed on the core portion 50 and subjected to heat pressing at 520 ° C. for 30 seconds.
- This heat press deforms the upper cladding layer 4 b so as to embed the core portion 50, contacts the lower cladding layer 4 a, and integrates the upper cladding layer 4 b and the lower cladding layer 4 a.
- the clad 4 is formed to produce an optical waveguide.
- the optical waveguide fabricated in this manner is referred to as Experimental Example 3.
- the lower clad layer 4a is 3 inches in diameter, and 1 mm thick, one side is optically polished, and the cleaned fluorine crown glass, and the core layer 5 is subjected to the same shape and the same cleaning method.
- a borosilicate crown glass was used.
- fluorine crown glass serving as the lower cladding layer 4 a is yield point (A t 2): 447 ° C, refractive Oriritsu: 1.4644, the coefficient of thermal expansion (2): 93 X 10 one 7 /.
- glass core glass that is to be the core layer 5 has a deformation point (A t 1): 625 ° C., refractive index: 1. 5164, coefficient of thermal expansion ( ⁇ 1): 86 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / ° C., its composition is S i 0 2 — B 2 0 3 — Na 2 0— K 2 0 It is one BaO.
- An optical waveguide was produced using these glasses, but the same conditions as in Experimental Example 3 were used except that the heat pressing conditions were set to 470 ° C. The optical waveguide fabricated in this manner is referred to as Experimental Example 4.
- a sample of the optical waveguide of Comparative Example 2 was prepared for comparison of the above-described experimental examples.
- the lower cladding layer 4a a fluorine crown glass optically polished and cleaned in a disk shape having a diameter of 3 inches and a thickness of 1 mm, and as the core layer 5, a borosilicate crown glass having the same shape and the same treatment was used.
- fluorine click round glass serving as the lower cladding layer 4 a is deformation point (At 2): 568 ° C , refractive index: 1.4876, thermal expansion coefficient (alpha 2): at 95X 10- 7 Z ° C
- the composition is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 -K 2 0-KHF 2 .
- Houkei acid crown glass Core layer 5 yield point (A t 1): 625 ° C, refractive index: 1.5164, the coefficient of thermal expansion ( ⁇ 1): 86 X 10- 7 / a, its composition Is S i o 2 —; B 2 0 3 — Na 2 0—K 2 0—B aO.
- An optical waveguide was produced using these glasses, but the conditions were the same as in Experimental Example 3 except that the heat pressing conditions were set to 59.
- a lower crown layer 4 a having a diameter of 3 inches, a thickness of 1 mm, a fluorine crown glass optically polished and cleaned on one side, and a core layer 5 a borosilicate crown glass of the same shape.
- the fluorine crown glass which is the lower cladding layer 4 a has a deformation point (A t 2) of 495 ° C., a refractive index of 1.5112, Thermal expansion coefficient ( ⁇ 2): 100X10- 7 / in ° C, the composition is S i0 2 - a KF K 2 0.
- crown glass of borogeic acid to be the core layer 5 has a deformation point, (At 1): 625 ° C., refractive index: 1.5164, thermal expansion coefficient (a 1): 86 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 Z ° C.
- the composition is S i 0 2 -B 2 0 3 -Na 2 0-K 2 0-B aO.
- An optical waveguide was produced using these glasses, but the production conditions were the same as in Experimental Example 3.
- the optical waveguide fabricated in this manner is referred to as Comparative Example 3.
- the core portion 50 of the optical waveguide manufactured in this manner did not undergo thermal deformation even when it was hot pressed, and its shape accuracy was also good. In addition, no warping or peeling of the substrate was observed even after direct bonding and heat pressing. Further, as in Comparative Example 2, the interface between the core 50 and the upper cladding layer 4 b and the upper cladding layer 4 a and the lower cladding layer 4 b which are caused by insufficient coating integration in the heat press. No bubble formation at the interface was also observed. However, it was found that a crack was partially generated at the interface between the core 50 and the clad 1 at the time of dicing.
- the samples having good shape accuracy and no cracks or peelings are Experimental Example 3 and Experimental Example 4, which have differences in thermal expansion coefficient ( ⁇ 1 ⁇ H 2). It is less than 7 ⁇ 10-7 / ° C and the difference of the deformation point is more than 77.
- the difference between the comparative example 2 is the coefficient of thermal expansion (1 Ichihi 2) is a 9 X 10 one 7 /, the difference between the yield point is 57 ° C.
- the difference in the deformation point is as large as 130 ° C., but the difference in thermal expansion coefficient ( ⁇ 2) is also as large as 14 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7.
- the temperature difference between the deformation point of the upper cladding layer 4 b and the core portion 50 needs to be 70% or more. That is, if there is a temperature difference of 7 or: or more, the heat press temperature can be set 20-30 ° C. higher than the deformation point of the upper cladding layer 4 b and lower than the deformation point of the core 50. It was found that 50 deformations did not occur, and good bondability at the interface could be ensured.
- the absolute value of 0 to 9 X 10 difference in expansion coefficient ( ⁇ 1- ⁇ 2) - in the range of 7, and the difference in refractive saphenous point is found that is required to be less than 70 ° C.
- sodium (Na) and potassium (K) were used as alkali metals of the borosilicate crown glass, but lithium (L i) may be used.
- lithium (L i) may be used.
- barium (Ba) as the divalent metal has been described, magnesium (Mg), calcium (C a) or sodium sulfate (S r) may be used.
- the same material is used for the lower cladding layer and the upper cladding layer, but the composition may be different as long as they are the same fluorine crown glass.
- KHF 3 and KF was described as a fluorine compound which is a component of fluorine crown glass, the present invention is not limited to this, and MgF 2 , CaF 2 , S rF 2 , BaF 2 , Li F NaF, etc. may be used.
- the optical waveguide of the present invention and the method of manufacturing the same
- the core part is embedded inside the cladding by direct bond bonding at the atomic level and the upper clad layer is formed by sputtering or heat press, reducing the number of manufacturing processes and shortening the working time. A great effect is obtained that an optical waveguide having good characteristics and good characteristics can be easily manufactured.
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