Aluminum nitride photonic integrated circuits: from piezo-optomechanics to nonlinear optics

X Liu, AW Bruch, HX Tang - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The commercial success of radio-frequency acoustic filters in wireless communication
systems has launched aluminum nitride (AlN) as one of the most widely used …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive sputtering of aluminum nitride (002) thin films for piezoelectric applications: A review

A Iqbal, F Mohd-Yasin - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
We summarize the recipes and describe the role of sputtering parameters in producing
highly c-axis Aluminum Nitride (AlN) films for piezoelectric applications. The information is …

High precision pressure sensors based on SAW devices in the GHz range

JG Rodríguez-Madrid, GF Iriarte, OA Williams… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, an AlN/free-standing nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) system is proposed in
order to process high frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators for sensing …

Comparison of the structural properties and residual stress of AlN films deposited by dc magnetron sputtering and high power impulse magnetron sputtering at …

KA Aissa, A Achour, J Camus, L Le Brizoual, PY Jouan… - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
Aluminium nitride (AlN) films were deposited by dc magnetron sputtering (dcMS) and high
power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) on (100) oriented silicon (Si) substrates, in Ar …

Structural and optical characterization of low-temperature ALD crystalline AlN

P Motamedi, K Cadien - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2015 - Elsevier
A plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) process has been used to deposit
crystalline AlN thin films at 250° C using nitrogen 5% hydrogen plasma and …

AlN texturing and piezoelectricity on flexible substrates for sensor applications

E Smecca, F Maita, G Pellegrino, V Vinciguerra… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We show that AlN-based piezocapacitors with relatively high piezoelectric coefficient (d 33)
values (3–4 pC/N) can be fabricated on polyimide (PI) substrates at 160 C or even at room …

Impact of Deposition Temperature on Crystal Structure and Ferroelectric Properties of (Al1−x Sc x )N Films Prepared by Sputtering Method

S Yasuoka, T Shimizu, A Tateyama… - … status solidi (a), 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The deposition temperature dependence of the crystal structure and ferroelectricity for Sc‐
doped AlN [(Al0. 78Sc0. 22) N] films is investigated.(Al0. 78Sc0. 22) N films 120–190 nm …

Deposition and structural investigation of uniform AlN (100) films at wafer scale through RF magnetron sputtering

Z Cheng, X Wang, J Gao, M Wang, A Wang, H Bo… - Ceramics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract a-axis-oriented AlN (100) films are identified as promising candidates for surface
acoustic wave devices owing to their high transversal-acoustic velocity. Achieving uniform …

Structural, surface, and optical properties of AlN thin films grown on different substrates by PEALD

S Liu, Y Li, J Tao, R Tang, X Zheng - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition was employed to grow aluminum nitride (AlN)
thin films on Si (100), Si (111), and c-plane sapphire substrates at 250° C …

Structural and optical properties of AlN sputtering deposited on sapphire substrates with various orientations

X Peng, J Sun, H Liu, L Li, Q Wang, L Wu… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
AlN thin films were deposited on c-, a-and r-plane sapphire substrates by the magnetron
sputtering technique. The influence of high-temperature thermal annealing (HTTA) on the …