• DocumentCode
    2986282
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1918
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202319
  • Filename
    1573385