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This paper reports a fabrication method for surface-electrode ion traps on fused silica, using laser-induced etching and gold electroplating to make void-free through-glass vias. The reported 98.8% via yield and the glass interposer for signal fan-out address a real scaling bottleneck: routing control signals to large electrode counts without wire bonds. The results are from a single device demonstration, so the value for quantum readers is as an engineering step toward scalable ion-trap packaging, not a near-term change in qubit performance.
Void-Free Through-Glass Vias for Multilayer Surface-Electrode Ion Traps
arXiv:2610.19736v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Through-substrate interconnects are a key technology for scaling surface-electrode ion traps (SEITs) toward large electrode counts and complex architectures. Dielectric substrates such as fused silica offer superior RF performance compared to silicon, but the reliable fabrication of void-free through-glass vias (TGVs) remains challenging. In this work, we demonstrate a SEIT fabricated on a fused silica substrate incorporating TGVs. The via-holes are formed using Selective Laser-Induced Etching and subsequently metallized with gold by electroplating. A patent-pending geometry-assisted bottom-up plating approach enables void-free filling using constant-current electroplating without electrolyte additives or pulsed deposition schemes. Electrical characterization across multiple wafers confirms a TGV-level yield above 98.8 %, demonstrating the robustness and reproducibility of the developed TGV technology. The TGVs are combined with multilayer SEIT fabrication, enabling vertical signal routing to all electrodes while maintaining an unaffected trapping surface without wire bonds. To interface the trap with external control electronics, a glass interposer providing signal fan-out to a larger pitch is designed and fabricated. The trap chip and the interposer are integrated using thermocompression bonding, forming a compact chip-to-chip assembly. The presented technology demonstrates the first fully integrated multilayer SEIT on fused silica incorporating void-free TGVs.
Abstract:Through-substrate interconnects are a key technology for scaling surface-electrode ion traps (SEITs) toward large electrode counts and complex architectures. Dielectric substrates such as fused silica offer superior RF performance compared to silicon, but the reliable fabrication of void-free through-glass vias (TGVs) remains challenging. In this work, we demonstrate a SEIT fabricated on a fused silica substrate incorporating TGVs. The via-holes are formed using Selective Laser-Induced Etching and subsequently metallized with gold by electroplating. A patent-pending geometry-assisted bottom-up plating approach enables void-free filling using constant-current electroplating without electrolyte additives or pulsed deposition schemes. Electrical characterization across multiple wafers confirms a TGV-level yield above 98.8 %, demonstrating the robustness and reproducibility of the developed TGV technology. The TGVs are combined with multilayer SEIT fabrication, enabling vertical signal routing to all electrodes while maintaining an unaffected trapping surface without wire bonds. To interface the trap with external control electronics, a glass interposer providing signal fan-out to a larger pitch is designed and fabricated. The trap chip and the interposer are integrated using thermocompression bonding, forming a compact chip-to-chip assembly. The presented technology demonstrates the first fully integrated multilayer SEIT on fused silica incorporating void-free TGVs.
arXiv:2610.19736 [quant-ph]
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