BIAXIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANAR PROTON-EXCHANGED LITHIUM-NIOBATE WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
TARTARINI G BASSI P BALDI P DEMICHELI MP OSTROWSKY DB
Citation
G. Tartarini et al., BIAXIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANAR PROTON-EXCHANGED LITHIUM-NIOBATE WAVE-GUIDES, Journal of lightwave technology, 15(5), 1997, pp. 821-826
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of lightwave technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338724
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
821 - 826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8724(1997)15:5<821:BCOPPL>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Results of a theoretical and experimental study on proton exchanged li thium niobate (LiNbO3) planar waveguides are presented, Experimental r esults are successfully explained by the theoretical model only if the guiding layer is assumed to be anisotropic with biaxial characteristi cs, being this biaxiality induced by the proton exchange process in th e uniaxial lithium niobate substrate.