SBIR-STTR Award

The objective of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of growth or fusion of optoelectronic devices directly onto the optical fiber. This approach will have significant implication and benefits on future fiber optic communications. To achieve the objective, a complete literature search related to the topic will be compiled. A theoretical analysis on all possible designs will be investigated. The material compatibility, environmental effect, reliability and processing techniques will be investigated and evaluated. An experimental tryout will also be done on some conceptual design and process if time and funding allows.

Keywords:
Fiber Optics Communications Electronics Circuits Fusion Growth Optoelectronics

Direct deposition of compound semiconductor GaAs film into a silica or sapphire glass has been studied to be a potential technique in fabricating opto circuitry devices on optical fiber in phase i. In this phase ii, afc proposes an intensive research of how to Grow Iiiv Epitaxy Fil on glass substrate using mbe (molecular beam epitaxy) with surface laser annealing technique, and ICBT (ion clustered beam technology), and Movpe (metal-organo vapor phase epitaxy) techniques. Mechanical, electrical and optical properties will be analyzed and characterized with every available technique. Simple structure opto-devices will be fabricated and tested. The final goal of this project is to fully integrate opto circuitry for high speed opto-processing and communication.

Keywords:
Fiber Optics Communications Electronics Circuits Fusion Growth Optoelectronics