(AASERT 95) Short Wavelength Fiber Lasers

Abstract

Graduate students involved in a research program at the University of Illinois focused on fabricating microdischarge devices and arrays on silicon. Our goal is to combine two disparate and seemingly incompatible technologies discharge physics and engineering with silicon planar processing technology to produce a new generation of on-chip devices and systems. The primary result of this research effort is the demonstration and development of small discharge devices integrated into silicon using techniques that are well know in the semiconductor industry. specifically, we have fabricated cylindrical discharges having diameters ranging from 20um to 400um on silicon and arrays of up to 5 elements on a single chip.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353977

Entities

People

  • Eden

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Electronics
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Geometry
  • Glow Discharges
  • Measurement
  • Partial Pressure
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics