Development of broadband antireflection of high-index substrate using SiNx/SiO2

Kim Peng Lim; Doris K. T. Ng; Qian Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2217751

3 March 2016 Development of broadband antireflection of high-index substrate using SiN_x/SiO₂

Kim Peng Lim, Doris K. T. Ng, Qian Wang

Proceedings Volume 9751, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XVIII; 97510B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217751
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Broadband antireflection coatings are commonly required in many silicon or III-V compound semiconductor based optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, photodetectors, and image sensors so as to enhance light conversion efficiency. Conventional approach using a single-layer antireflection coating is simple and commonly used in industry but it has a limited working bandwidth. To achieve broadband or even omni-directional characteristics, structures using thick graded refractive index (GRIN) multilayers or nanostructured surfaces which have equivalent graded refractive index profile have been proposed and demonstrated. In this paper, we will show our development of broadband antireflection for high index substrate using SiN_x/SiO₂ via inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition (ICPCVD). Global optimization of thin-film broadband antireflection coating using adaptive simulated annealing is presented. Unlike the conventional optical coating design which uses the refractive index of available materials, the optimization approach used here decides the optimal values of the refractive index as well as the thickness of each layer. The first thin-film material optimization is carried out on the ICP-CVD machine operating at low temperature of 250°C by tuning the SiH₄/N₂ gas ratio. The demonstrated double layer antireflection thin film reduces the average reflectance of Si surface from ~32% to ~3.17% at normal incidence for wavelength range from 400 to 1100 nm. This optical thin-film design and material development can be extended to optical wavelength filters and integrated micro-GRIN devices.

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Kim Peng Lim, Doris K. T. Ng, and Qian Wang "Development of broadband antireflection of high-index substrate using SiN_x/SiO₂", Proc. SPIE 9751, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XVIII, 97510B (3 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217751

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