Generation of high-confinement step-like optical waveguides in LiNbO 3 by swift heavy ion-beam irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Olivares, J ^a   Garcia G ^b   Garcia Navarro A ^b   Agullo Lopez F ^b,c   Caballero, O ^c   Garcia Cabanes A ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE MICROANÁLISIS DE MATERIALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FLUORINE; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LITHIUM NIOBATE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMORPHOUS LAYER; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; MEDIUM-MASS IONS; SURFACE LAYERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 20844453733     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1922082     Document Type: Article

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