Title : 
The effect of Gamma-Ray dosage on the fabrication of lithium niobate ridge structures
         
        
            Author : 
Chang, Chia-Hao ; Wei, Yuan-Yaw ; Wang, Way-Seen
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Grad. Inst. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Ridge structures are fabricated on lithium niobate substrates with gamma-ray irradiation of various dosages. Experimental results show the maximum depth and aspect-ratio can be obtained when the dosages are 163 and 325 krad, respectively.
         
        
            Keywords : 
gamma-ray effects; lithium compounds; optical modulation; ridge waveguides; gamma-ray dosage; gamma-ray irradiation; lithium niobate ridge structure fabrication; Lithium niobate; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Protons; Radiation effects; Substrates;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sapporo
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6785-3