• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 11, 111301 (2022)
Hailong Han1、2, Hao Li1、2, Lixing You1、2, and Xiaoping Liu3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200050, China
  • 2CAS Center for Excellence in Superconducting Electronics (CENSE), Shanghai 200050, China
  • 3School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.111301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hailong Han, Hao Li, Lixing You, Xiaoping Liu. Fabrication and characterization of on-chip silicon spherical-like microcavities with high Q-factors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(11): 111301 Copy Citation Text show less
    Flowchart of the fabrication processes.
    Fig. 1. Flowchart of the fabrication processes.
    SEM images of our prepared sample. (a) Side view before laser illumination, (b) and (c) side view and top view after laser illumination, and (d) zoom-in view of the edge after laser illumination.
    Fig. 2. SEM images of our prepared sample. (a) Side view before laser illumination, (b) and (c) side view and top view after laser illumination, and (d) zoom-in view of the edge after laser illumination.
    AFM image of the fabricated silicon spherical microcavity.
    Fig. 3. AFM image of the fabricated silicon spherical microcavity.
    (a) Transmission spectrum of the microcavity coupled with the fiber taper from 1515 to 1525 nm; (b) the Lorentzian fit (solid red line) of the measured spectrum around the resonant wavelength at 1519.6 nm (solid black line), showing a Q-factor of 3.5 × 105.
    Fig. 4. (a) Transmission spectrum of the microcavity coupled with the fiber taper from 1515 to 1525 nm; (b) the Lorentzian fit (solid red line) of the measured spectrum around the resonant wavelength at 1519.6 nm (solid black line), showing a Q-factor of 3.5 × 105.
    1st Bosch Process2nd Bosch Process
    Passivation time/cycleEtching time/cyclePassivation time/cycleEtching time/cycle
    0.8 s1.7 s7 s24.5 s
    Number of cycles: 60Number of cycles: 1
    Table 1. Main Parameters of Bosch Processes
    Hailong Han, Hao Li, Lixing You, Xiaoping Liu. Fabrication and characterization of on-chip silicon spherical-like microcavities with high Q-factors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(11): 111301
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