Application of photo-doping phenomenon in amorphous chalcogenide GeS2 film to optical device

Yoshihisa Murakami; Katsuya Arai; Moriaki Wakaki; Takehisa Shibuya; Toshihiro Shintaku

doi:10.1117/12.2078142

16 March 2015 Application of photo-doping phenomenon in amorphous chalcogenide GeS₂ film to optical device

Yoshihisa Murakami, Katsuya Arai, Moriaki Wakaki, Takehisa Shibuya, Toshihiro Shintaku

Proceedings Volume 9359, Optical Components and Materials XII; 93591N (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2078142
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Photodoping phenomenon is observed when a double-layer consisting of an amorphous chalcogenide film (As₂S₃, GeS₂, GeSe₂ etc.) and a metal (Ag, Cu etc.) film is illuminated by light. The metal diffuses abnormally into the amorphous chalcogenide layer. Amorphous chalcogenide films of GeS₂ with an Ag over layer exhibited large increase of refractive index through the abnormal doping of Ag by irradiating the light around the absorption edge of the GeS₂ chalcogenide. In this study, we aimed the application of this effect for the fabrication of optical devices and fabricated various micro doped patterns by using a laser beam. Mask less pattering with refractive index modified films are possible by manipulating the scanning of the laser beam. Micro gratings were fabricated using a confocal laser microscope to work as both fabrication and observation system. Waveguides were also fabricated by scanning the laser beam for photodoping. Holographic gratings were fabricated by utilizing the photodoping of the two beam interference pattern, which showed the possibility to produce large scale optical devices or mass production.

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Yoshihisa Murakami, Katsuya Arai, Moriaki Wakaki, Takehisa Shibuya, and Toshihiro Shintaku "Application of photo-doping phenomenon in amorphous chalcogenide GeS₂ film to optical device", Proc. SPIE 9359, Optical Components and Materials XII, 93591N (16 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2078142

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