PERIODICALLY SEGMENTED WAVE-GUIDES IN TI-LINBO3

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作者
NIR, D
WEISSMAN, Z
RUSCHIN, S
HARDY, A
机构
[1] Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
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10.1364/OL.19.001732
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Periodically segmented waveguides with periods of few tens of micrometers and nonconnected segments are studied experimentally in Ti:LiNbO3. The near-field patterns were found to expand with decreasing duty cycle but to be independent of the segmentation period. The measured segmentation losses vary between 0.5 and 2.5 dB/cm, depending on the period and the duty cycle. These results agree with a simple numerical model, based on two loss mechanisms: waveguide segmentation and surface relief related to Ti indiffusion.
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页码:1732 / 1734
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