Title :
Optical waveguides realised in z-cut, 5 mol% Mg-doped, congruent LiNbO3 using Etching During Indiffusion of Ti
Author :
Crasto, T. ; Steigerwald, H. ; Sivan, V. ; Mitchell, A.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of optical waveguides in z-cut 5 mol% Mg-doped congruent LiNbO3 using the etching during indiffusion of Ti (EDIT) technique. Waveguiding is demonstrated at 633 nm and 1550 nm and effective index and loss measurements of waveguide at 1550 nm are also presented.
Keywords :
chemical interdiffusion; etching; ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; magnesium; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguides; photorefractive materials; refractive index; titanium; EDIT; LiNbO3:Mg; Ti; effective index measurement; etching; etching during indiffusion; loss measurement; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; titanium indiffusion; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials & Devices (COMMAD), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3047-3
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472338
