Characterization of α-phase soft proton-exchanged linbo3 optical waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1186-1191

  Korkishko, Yu N ^a   Fedorov, V A ^a   Baranov, E A ^a   Proyaeva, M V ^a   Morozova, T V ^a   Caccavale, F ^b   Segato, F ^c   Sada, C ^c   Kostritskii, S M ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d KEMEROVO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ION EXCHANGE; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PRISMS; PROTONS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEARIC ACID;

SOFT PROTON-EXCHANGED (SPE);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0011077157     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001186     Document Type: Article

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