Wet-etched ridge waveguides in Y-cut lithium niobate

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1880-1887

  Cheng, Rei Shin ^b   Wang, Tzyy Jiann ^b   Wang, Way Seen ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FABRICATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; THIN FILMS;

NICKEL INDIFFUSION PROTON EXCHANGE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID; RIDGE WAVEGUIDE MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; WET ETCHING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031257150     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.633578     Document Type: Article

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