Effect of Annealing on Photorefractive Damage in Titanium-Indiffused LiNbO3 Modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 211-213

  Betts, G E ^a   O'Donnell, F J ^a   Ray, K G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CALORIMETERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOIONIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECT;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0028378753     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.275431     Document Type: Article

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