High-precision local transfer of van der Waals materials on nanophotonic structures

Abstract

Prototyping of van der Waals materials on dense nanophotonic devices requires high-precision monolayer discrimination to avoid bulk material contamination. We use the glass transition temperature of polycarbonate, used in the standard dry transfer process, to draw an in situ point for the precise pickup of two-dimensional materials. We transfer transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers onto a large-area silicon nitride spiral waveguide and silicon nitride ring resonators to demonstrate the high-precision contamination-free nature of the modified dry transfer method. Our improved local transfer technique is a necessary step for the deterministic integration of high-quality van der Waals materials onto nanocavities for the exploration of few-photon nonlinear optics on a high-throughput, nanofabrication-compatible platform.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 30, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/ome.383255

Entities

People

  • Abhi Saxena
  • Albert Ryou
  • Arka Majumdar
  • David Rosser
  • Taylor Fryett

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Google
  • M J Murdock Charitable Trust
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
  • Washington Research Foundation

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.