Title :
High gain two-wave mixing in H+-implanted photorefractive Fe:KNbO3 planar waveguides
Author :
Brülisauer, S. ; Fluck, D. ; Günter, P.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Opt. Lab., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
2/16/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For the first time, photorefractive two-wave mixing in H+ -implanted Fe:KNbO3 waveguides is reported. Exponential gains of up to 40 cm-1 and grating build-up times of ~1 ms for a pump beam power of 1 mW in the waveguide were measured at a wavelength of 514.5 nm
Keywords :
hydrogen; ion implantation; iron; multiwave mixing; optical planar waveguides; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; 1 mW; 514.5 nm; H+-implanted Fe:KNbO3 planar waveguides; KNbO3:Fe,H; grating build-up time; high gain mixing; photorefractive planar waveguides; pump beam power; two-wave mixing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950166
