Foundry Capabilities

Enablence uniquely offers in-house silica-on-silicon and polymer PLC foundry services.

Silica-on-Silicon

  • Propagation loss: < 0.02 dB/cm
  • Index contrast range: 0.1 to 4%  
  • Wavelength: visible through infrared
  • Etching:  up to 50 µm depth; side wall verticality better than 88°; accuracy < ± 0.2 µm.
  • Metals: Au, Au/Sn, Cr, NiCr, TiW, Al and Ti/Pt
  • Thermo-optic effect: 1x10E-5 per degree-C

Polymer PLCs:

  • Propagation loss: as low as 0.11dB/cm
  • Index contrast range: as high as 30%
  • Wavelength: visible through infrared (with some exceptions)
  • Thermo-optic effect: 3.0x10-4/oC (Low power consumption)
  • Low PDL

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