LOW-LOSS CHANNEL WAVE-GUIDES IN MGOLINBO3 AND LITAO3 BY PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID PROTON-EXCHANGE

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作者
YAMAMOTO, K
MIZUUCHI, K
TANIUCHI, T
机构
[1] Optical Devices Research Laboratory, Components and Devices Research Center, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 04期
关键词
WAVE-GUIDE; MGOLINBO3; LITAO3; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID; PROTON EXCHANGE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.1059
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The characteristics of proton-exchanged MgO-doped LiNbO3 (MgO:LiNbO3) and LiTaO3 waveguides fabricated by the pyrophosphoric acid process are reported. Using this process, low-loss (0.4 dB/cm) channel waveguides in MgO:LiNbO3 have been realized at 633 nm without annealing. The optical damage in MgO:LiNbO3 waveguides at 441.6 nm wavelength is lower than that obtained in LiNbO3. For LiTaO3, by annealing, low-loss (0.3 dB/cm) channel waveguides can be fabricated by pyrophosphoric acid proton exchange. No optical damage was observed in the LiTaO3 waveguides even when the incident power was above 1 mW at 442 nm.
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页码:1059 / 1064
页数:6
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