• DocumentCode
    1109414
  • Title

    Anomalous attenuation and depolarization scattering in y-cut LiNbO3proton exchanged waveguides

  • Author

    Chen, Retzon ; Chang, William S C

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    880
  • Lastpage
    882
  • Abstract
    A large anomalous attenuation and depolarization scattering have been observed in y -cut, x -direction propagating LiNbO3proton exchanged waveguides at 0.632 μm wavelength. We observe this phenomenon only when the mode effective index is smaller than the ordinary index n_{0} (n_{0} = 2.286) . The effect is caused by phase-match scattering into the substrate. Exchange solutions with various mole percentages of lithium benzoate have been used and the same phenomenon has been consistently observed.
  • Keywords
    Optical polarization; Optical scattering, absorbing media; Optical waveguides; Attenuation measurement; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Lithium; Optical attenuators; Polarization; Protons; Scattering; Tellurium; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1986.1073038
  • Filename
    1073038
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1109414