Title : 
Photonic crystals in lithium niobate by ion-beam enhanced etching
         
        
            Author : 
Hartung, Holger ; Geiss, Reinhard ; Gischkat, Thomas ; Schrempel, Frank ; Iliew, Rumen ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Lederer, Falk ; Wesch, Werner ; Kley, Ernst-Bernhard ; Tünnermann, Andreas
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A photonic crystal defect waveguide fabricated in a freestanding LiNbO3 membrane is presented. The three dimensional patterning was done by means of ion-beam enhanced etching.
         
        
            Keywords : 
crystal defects; ion beam applications; lithium compounds; membranes; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; sputter etching; LiNbO3; freestanding membrane; ion beam enhanced etching; lithium niobate; photonic crystal defect waveguide; three dimensional patterning; waveguide fabrication; Biomembranes; Crystalline materials; Etching; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Innsbruck
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2610-2
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2611-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771656