Title :
Second harmonic generation in lithium niobate planar waveguides grown by liquid phase epitaxy
Author :
Lu, Yi ; Johnston, Benjamin ; Dekker, Peter ; Dawes, Judith M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
High quality lithium niobate planar waveguides, with LiTaO3 substrates, were grown using liquid phase epitaxy from K2O flux. The waveguides do not exhibit impurity absorption in the visible, yielding efficient second harmonic generation.
Keywords :
liquid phase epitaxial growth; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical planar waveguides; K2O; LiNbO3; LiTaO3; liquid phase epitaxy growth; lithium niobate planar waveguide; second harmonic generation; Epitaxial growth; Frequency conversion; Liquid waveguides; Lithium niobate; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Substrates; Temperature; Transistors; Integrated optics (130.0130); Lithium niobate (130.3730); Nonlinear optics (130.4310);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
