Ti : LiNbO3 waveguide polarizer with a Zn-doped overlayer prepared by liquid-phase epitaxy

Authors
Ichikawa, J Uda, S Shimamura, K Fukuda, T Nagata, H Minowa, J
Citation
J. Ichikawa et al., Ti : LiNbO3 waveguide polarizer with a Zn-doped overlayer prepared by liquid-phase epitaxy, APPL PHYS L, 76(12), 2000, pp. 1498-1500
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1498 - 1500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20000320)76:12<1498:T:LWPW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide polarizers were obtained by an epitaxial growth of a Zn -doped LiNbO3 layer on the Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide. The film growth was carried out by a liquid-phase-epitaxy technique using a Li2O-V2O5 flux. Such an X- cut waveguide polarizer achieved a TE-mode (extraordinary ray) propagation with an extinction ratio over 30 dB at a light wavelength of 1.55 mu m. Thi s technique can be easily applied to Z- and Y-cut waveguide polarizers with TM- and TE-mode propagation, respectively. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)02112-4].