We demonstrated a 51 cm long waveguide array on a poly(methyl methacrylate) sheet fabricated by silicon hard-molding technology. To reduce the silicon sidewall roughness, a wet-oxidation followed by a buffered oxidation etchant etching process is adopted, achieving a surface roughness of 1.2 nm. The waveguide obtained a total insertion loss of -15.1 dB and an adjacent channel cross talk below -...

We have investigated the wet thermal oxidation of AlAs in cylindrical geometry, a typical configuration for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Through both experiment and theoretical calculations, we demonstrate a significantly different time dependence for circular mesas from what has been reported in the literature both in studies of stripes and in a study of circular mesas. We attribut...

Novel reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheet/PtPd nanowire hybrids were prepared by a mild wet chemical approach. Uniform Pt nanowire arrays are successfully supported on functionalized RGO nanosheets with Pd nanoparticles as growing seeds. The whole deposition process was achieved in aqueous solution at room temperature. TEM and HRTEM analysis indicated the single-crystal feature of the Pt nan...

The commercial importance of silicone sealants and adhesives is based on their unique combination of properties that permit them to satisfy important needs in a broad variety of markets. These properties include excellent weather and thermal stability, ozone and oxidation resistance, extreme low temperature flexibility, high gas permeability, good electrical properties, physiological inertness ...

The lack of stability is a challenge for most heterogeneous catalysts. During operations, the agglomeration of particles may block the active sites of the catalyst, which is believed to contribute to its instability. Recently, titanium oxide (TiO2) was introduced as an alternative support material for heterogeneous catalyst due to the effect of its high surface area stabilizing the catalysts in...

This report shows the analysis of two essential processes in the integrated circuit fabrication: SiO2 growth and metal deposition. The first part consists of the characterization of dry and wet thermal oxidation. The idea is to obtain the parameters that describe the behavior of this process and use this to predict specific oxidation times and thicknesses. The second part consists of metal depo...

This report shows the analysis of two essential processes in the integrated circuit fabrication: SiO2 growth and metal deposition. The first part consists of the characterization of dry and wet thermal oxidation. The idea is to obtain the parameters that describe the behavior of this process and use this to predict specific oxidation times and thicknesses. The second part consists of metal depo...

Animal muscles are stored for specific period (aging) at refrigerated temperatures, during and after which the living muscles start to convert into meat and thus, attain certain superior properties in the final product. Proteolysis, lipolysis, and oxidation are the major biochemical processes involved during the postmortem aging of meat that affect the tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, as well...

We report the first continuous-wave (CW) operation single-mode, low-threshold, passive antiguide region (PAR) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) using organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD) for the regrowth of the PAR structure. With improved laser wafer design, fabrication process and regrowth design, a stable single fundamental mode at high currents has been achieved exp...