Title :
Femtosecond waveguide fabrication in bulk niobate (LiNbO3)
Author :
Thomson, R.R. ; Campbell, S. ; Brown, G. ; Blewett, I.J. ; Kar, A.K. ; Reid, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We report fabrication of embedded waveguides supporting a well confined 1550 nm propagation mode in a z-cut lithium niobate crystal using focussed femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; optical focusing; optical waveguides; 1550 nm; LiNbO3; bulk niobate; embedded waveguides; femtosecond waveguide fabrication; focussed femtosecond pulses; propagation mode; z-cut lithium niobate crystal; Frequency conversion; Geometry; Lithium niobate; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index; Ultrafast optics; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202319