Metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE) is being developed for growth of f
erroelectric oxide films for electro-optic and nonlinear optical applicatio
ns. With this technique, epitaxial BaTiO3 optical waveguides and electro-op
tic modulators have been fabricated. MOVPE is expected to be a promising te
chnique for the fabrication of a wide variety of thin film electro-optic an
d nonlinear optical devices and for their integration, (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc
ience B.V. All rights reserved.