RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF PROTON-EXCHANGED WAVE-GUIDES ON Z-CUT LITHIUM-NIOBATE

Authors
KORKISHKO YN FEDOROV VA DEMICHELI MP BALDI P ELHADI K LEYCURAS A
Citation
Yn. Korkishko et al., RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF PROTON-EXCHANGED WAVE-GUIDES ON Z-CUT LITHIUM-NIOBATE, Applied optics, 35(36), 1996, pp. 7056-7060
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
36
Year of publication
1996
Pages
7056 - 7060
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:36<7056:RBSAOO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
By using x-ray diffraction and optical waveguide characterization, it has been shown that proton-exchanged layers on Z-cut LiNbO3 can have a s many as seven different crystallographic phases that are stable at r oom temperature. This study allows us to establish some correlation be tween fabrication parameters and the crystalline structure, the index profiles, and the propagation losses of waveguides prepared by this pr ocess. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America.