Peter M. Smowton

Cardiff University
  • May 11, 2022 // 12:00pm

    7.4 Impact of Strain-Induced Bow on the Manufacture of VCSELs on 150mm GaAs- and Ge-Substrate Wafers

    Jack Baker, Cardiff University
    Sara Gillgrass, Cardiff University
    Thomas Peach, Cardiff University
    Craig Allford, Cardiff University
    Andrew D. Johnson, IQE, Cardiff, UK
    Andrew Joel, IQE, Cardiff, UK
    Sung Wook Lim, IQE, Cardiff, UK
    Matthew Geen, IQE, Cardiff, UK
    J. Iwan Davies, IQE plc
    Samuel Shutts, Cardiff University
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University

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  • 14.2.2023 Assessment of 1.3-?m InAs QD Edge-Emitting Lasers Grown on Large Area GaAs Substrates

    Sara Gillgrass, Cardiff University
    Craig Allford, Cardiff University
    Mukul Debnath, IQE plc
    Andrew Clark, IQE, Cardiff, UK
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University

    14.2.2023 CS_MANTECH-2023_14.2_Final

  • 18.4.2023 Characterisation Techniques for On-Wafer Testing of VCSELs in Volume Manufacture

    Jack Baker, Cardiff University
    C. Hentschel, Cardiff University
    Craig Allford, Cardiff University
    Sara Gillgrass, Cardiff University
    J. Iwan Davies, IQE plc
    Samuel Shutts, Cardiff University
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University

    18.04.2023_Extended Abstract_R1_Compressed

  • 18.8.2023 Determining the impact of facet roughness on etched facet InP laser devices operating at telecom wavelengths, making comparisons to theoretical models.

    Tristan T. Burman, Cardiff University
    Jash Patel, KLA Corporation
    Huma Ashraf, KLA Corporation (SPTS Division)
    Tarran Grange, KLA Corporation
    Samuel Shutts, Cardiff University
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University

    18.08.2023 CS_MANTECH-FinalDraft-18-10

  • 8.2.2.2024 QuickSELs Enabling Rapid Feedback to Epitaxy

    Jack Baker, Cardiff University
    Sara Gillgrass, Cardiff University
    Craig Allford, Cardiff University
    J. Iwan Davies, IQE plc
    Samuel Shutts, Cardiff University
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University

    8.2.2.2024 QuickSELs Enabling Rapid Feedback to Epitaxy

  • 12.7 – Regrowth-Free 1st-Order Gratings for Photonic Integrated Circuits using Focused Ion Beam Nanofabrication and Electron Beam Lithography

    B. Salmond, Cardiff University
    Thomas Peach, Cardiff University
    S. Thomas, Cardiff University
    Sara Gillgrass, Cardiff University
    D. D. John, University of California Santa Barbara
    W. J. Mitchell, University College London
    B. J. Thibeault, University of California Santa Barbara
    M. J. Wale, University College London
    W. Meredith, Compound Semiconductor Centre Ltd.
    Peter M. Smowton, Cardiff University
    D. Read, Cardiff University, University of California Santa Barbara
    Samuel Shutts, Cardiff University

    12.7 Final.2025

    Abstract
    We present and compare two methods for fabricating grating structures for photonic integrated circuits. The first method uses a two-step electron beam lithography (EBL) and dry etch process, while the second uses direct milling of the grating structures using focused ion beam (FIB) nanofabrication. In both cases 1st order periodic structures with a pitch of 238 nm were successfully positioned adjacent to the ridge waveguide. Using the EBL method, a final grating depth of 10 nm was observed with an estimated coupling coefficient of 40 cm-1. Direct milling using FIB provided grating features milled to a depth of up to 350 nm, achieving maximum coupling strengths of over 200 cm-1.