Optical waveguide barium sodium niobate (BSN) films were grown on the
substrate potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) by pulsed laser deposition
(PLD). The films were analysed by using X-ray diffraction, scanning e
lectron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Both m lines
of the TE and TM modes were recorded and a, propagation-loss of the BS
N films of 1dB/cm was measured. The lattice-matching between BSN(110)
and both KTP(010) and KTP(100), the refractive index and the constitue
nts ratio of Ba:Na:Nb in the BSN films are discussed.