Recent advances in the production of high-purity synthetic diamonds have made diamond an accessible host material for
applications in present and future optoelectronic and photonic devices. We have developed a scalable process for
fabricating photonic devices in diamond using reactive ion etching (RIE) and photolithography as well as using ion
implantation to provide vertical confinement. Applying this we have demonstrated a few-moded waveguide with a large
cross section for easier coupling to optical fibre. We present our work towards in-plane coupling to diamond waveguides
and consequently characterisation of these waveguides. We also examine the application of diamond waveguides to other
photonic applications for achieving light confinement in a subwavelength cavity site using a slot-waveguide design. Such
cavities may be used to enhance photon-emission properties of a built-in diamond colour centre and to achieve strong
light-matter interactions on the single-quantum level necessary for quantum information technology. Using single
cavities as building block, we also show that these structures can be suitably coupled to form one-dimensional coupled-resonator
array.
Diamond has a range of extraordinary properties and the recent ability to produce high quality synthetic diamond has
paved the way for the fabrication of practical diamond devices. This paper details the recent progress in the fabrication of
waveguide structures in diamond which are desirable as the basis for quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum computing and high-power, high speed microwave chips. The diamond ridge waveguide structures are produced by photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE) with some additional processing with a focused ion beam (FIB). The processes currently used are discussed along with experimental results. Future fabrication goals and potential methods for achieving these goals are also presented.
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