Title :
Proton exchange channel waveguides compatible with surface domain engineering in Lithium Niobate crystals
Author :
Busacca, A.C. ; Cherchi, M. ; Sanseverino, S.R. ; Cino, A.C. ; Parisi, A. ; Stivala, S. ; Colace, L. ; Assanto, G.
Author_Institution :
DIEET, Univ. di Palermo, Palermo
Abstract :
First experiments of proton exchange channel waveguides compatible with electric field surface periodic poling of congruent lithium niobate crystals are addressed. Picosecond nonlinear copropagating QPM-SHG measurements have been carried out on such structures.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; ion exchange; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; LiNbO3; QPM-SHG measurement; electric field surface periodic poling; lithium niobate crystals; picosecond nonlinear copropagation; proton exchange channel waveguides; surface domain engineering; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Protons; Surface morphology; Surface waves; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627680
