ION-BEAM MANIPULATION OF THE PHOTOREFRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF STRONTIUM BARIUM NIOBATE PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
ROBERTSON EE EASON RW KACZMAREK M CHANDLER PJ HUANG XF
Citation
Ee. Robertson et al., ION-BEAM MANIPULATION OF THE PHOTOREFRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF STRONTIUM BARIUM NIOBATE PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES, Optics letters, 21(9), 1996, pp. 641-643
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:9<641:IMOTPP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Photorefractive planar waveguides have been fabricated in cerium-doped strontium barium niobate (SrxBa1-xNb2O6, SBN) single crystals by ion- beam implantation. The losses measured were as low as 0.1 and 7.0 dB c m(-1) for the TM and the TE modes, respectively. Subsequent two-beam-c oupling experiments performed on the waveguides showed that, unlike fo r BaTiO3 and KNbO3 waveguides formed by ion-beam implantation, the two -beam-coupling gain direction did not reverse. Also, the response time had been reduced by 2 orders of magnitude. (C) 1996 Optical Society o f America