• DocumentCode
    1496740
  • Title

    Lithium Niobate Ridge Waveguides Fabricated by Ion Implantation Followed by Ion Beam Etching

  • Author

    Zhao, Jin-Hua ; Liu, Xiu-Hong ; Huang, Qing ; Liu, Peng ; Wang, Xue-Lin

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1913
  • Lastpage
    1916
  • Abstract
    A new fabrication method for lithium niobate ridge waveguides is reported. Lithium niobate ridge waveguide with a smooth surface was fabricated by O+ ions implanted combined with Ar ion beam etching. The beam propagation method (BPM) was used to simulate the properties of planar and ridge waveguides by use of a reconstructed refractive index profile. The simulation results match to the experimental results very well, and the loss value of the ridge waveguide is about 2 dB/cm.
  • Keywords
    ion beams; ion implantation; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; refractive index; sputter etching; Ar; O; beam propagation method; ion beam etching; ion implantation; refractive index; ridge waveguides; Ion radiation effects; optical device fabrication; optical materials; waveguides components;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2010.2050296
  • Filename
    5467157