• DocumentCode
    1283153
  • Title

    Direct comparison of hydrogen depth distributions and refractive index profiles in annealed proton-exchanged Z-cut LiNbO3 waveguides

  • Author

    Loni, A. ; De La Rue, Richard M. ; Zavada, J.M. ; Wilson, Roland ; Novak, Steven W.

  • Author_Institution
    BT&D Technol., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7/4/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1245
  • Lastpage
    1247
  • Abstract
    For the first time, to the authors´ knowledge, hydrogen distributions in weakly and strongly annealed proton-exchanged z-cut LiNbO3 have been measured using modified secondary ion mass spectrometry and correlated with refractive index profiles determined by optical waveguide measurements.
  • Keywords
    annealing; hydrogen; integrated optics; ion exchange; lithium compounds; optical waveguides; refractive index measurement; secondary ion mass spectra; H distributions; LiNbO 3 waveguides; SIMS; annealed proton-exchanged z-cut LiNbO 3; optical waveguide measurements; refractive index profiles; secondary ion mass spectrometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910780
  • Filename
    81166