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Nanotechnology ; 34(22)2023 Mar 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36928122

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Periodic arrays of deep nanopores etched in silicon by deep reactive ion etching are desirable structures for photonic crystals and other nanostructures for silicon nanophotonics. Previous studies focused on realizing as deep as possible nanopores with as high as possible aspect ratios. The resulting nanopores suffered from structural imperfections of the nanopores, such as mask undercut, uneven and large scallops, depth dependent pore radii and tapering. Therefore, our present focus is to realize nanopores that have as cylindrical as possible shapes, in order to obtain a better comparison of nanophotonic observations with theory and simulations. To this end in our 2-step Bosch process we have improved the mask undercut, the uneven scallops, pore widening and positive tapering by optimizing a plethora of parameters such as the etch step time, capacitively coupled plasma (ion energy) and pressure. To add further degrees of control, we implemented a 3-step DREM (deposit, remove, etch, multistep) process. Optimization of the etching process results in cylindrical nanopores with a diameter in the range between 280 and 500 nm and a depth around 7µm, corresponding to high depth-to-diameter aspect ratios between 14 and 25, that are very well suited for the realization of silicon nanophotonic structures.

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ACS Nano ; 16(3): 3674-3683, 2022 Mar 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35187934

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It is a major outstanding goal in nanotechnology to precisely position functional nanoparticles, such as quantum dots, inside a three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure in order to realize innovative functions. Once the 3D positioning is performed, the challenge arises how to nondestructively verify where the nanoparticles reside in the 3D nanostructure. Here, we study 3D photonic band gap crystals made of Si that are infiltrated with PbS nanocrystal quantum dots. The nanocrystals are covalently bonded to polymer brush layers that are grafted to the Si-air interfaces inside the 3D nanostructure using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The functionalized 3D nanostructures are probed by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (SXRF) tomography that is performed at 17 keV photon energy to obtain large penetration depths and efficient excitation of the elements of interest. Spatial projection maps were obtained followed by tomographic reconstruction to obtain the 3D atom density distribution with 50 nm voxel size for all chemical elements probed: Cl, Cr, Cu, Ga, Br, and Pb. The quantum dots are found to be positioned inside the 3D nanostructure, and their positions correlate with the positions of elements characteristic of the polymer brush layer and the ATRP initiator. We conclude that X-ray fluorescence tomography is very well suited to nondestructively characterize 3D nanomaterials with photonic and other functionalities.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 126(17): 177402, 2021 Apr 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33988449

RESUMO

It is well known that waves with frequencies within the forbidden gap inside a crystal are transported only over a limited distance-the Bragg length-before being reflected by Bragg interference. Here, we demonstrate how to send waves much deeper into crystals in an exemplary study of light in two-dimensional silicon photonic crystals. By spatially shaping the wave fronts, the internal energy density-probed via the laterally scattered intensity-is enhanced at a tunable distance away from the front surface. The intensity is up to 100× enhanced compared to random wave fronts, and extends as far as 8× the Bragg length, which agrees with an extended mesoscopic model. We thus report a novel control knob for mesoscopic wave transport that pertains to any kind of waves.

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Opt Express ; 28(3): 2683-2698, 2020 Feb 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32121951

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The identification of a complete three-dimensional (3D) photonic band gap in real crystals typically employs theoretical or numerical models that invoke idealized crystal structures. Such an approach is prone to false positives (gap wrongly assigned) or false negatives (gap missed). Therefore, we propose a purely experimental probe of the 3D photonic band gap that pertains to any class of photonic crystals. We collect reflectivity spectra with a large aperture on exemplary 3D inverse woodpile structures that consist of two perpendicular nanopore arrays etched in silicon. We observe intense reflectivity peaks (R>90%) typical of high-quality crystals with broad stopbands. A resulting parametric plot of s-polarized versus p-polarized stopband width is linear ("y=x"), a characteristic of a 3D photonic band gap, as confirmed by simulations. By scanning the focus across the crystal, we track the polarization-resolved stopbands versus the volume fraction of high-index material and obtain many more parametric data to confirm that the high-NA stopband corresponds to the photonic band gap. This practical probe is model-free and provides fast feedback on the advanced nanofabrication needed for 3D photonic crystals and stimulates practical applications of band gaps in 3D silicon nanophotonics and photonic integrated circuits, photovoltaics, cavity QED, and quantum information processing.

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ACS Nano ; 13(12): 13932-13939, 2019 Dec 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31829557

RESUMO

To investigate the performance of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures, it is vital to study their internal structure with a methodology that keeps the device fully functional and ready for further integration. To this aim, we introduce here traceless X-ray tomography (TXT) that combines synchrotron X-ray holographic tomography with high X-ray photon energies (17 keV) in order to study nanostructures "as is" on massive silicon substrates. The combined strengths of TXT are a large total sample size to field-of-view ratio and a large penetration depth. We study exemplary 3D photonic band gap crystals made by CMOS-compatible means and obtain real space 3D density distributions with 55 nm spatial resolution. TXT identifies why nanostructures that look similar in electron microscopy have vastly different nanophotonic functionality: one "good" crystal with a broad photonic gap reveals 3D periodicity as designed; a second "bad" structure without a gap reveals a buried void, and a third "ugly" one without gap is shallow due to fabrication errors. Thus, TXT serves to nondestructively differentiate between the possible reasons of not finding the designed and expected performance and is therefore a powerful tool to critically assess 3D functional nanostructures.

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