Optical channel waveguides by proton and carbon implantation in Nd:YAG crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8513-8520

  Flores Romero, E ^a   Vazquez G V ^b   Marquez H ^a   Rangel Rojo, R ^a   Rickards, J ^c   Trejo Luna, R ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ION IMPLANTATION; NICKEL ALLOYS; PROTONS;

CARBON IMPLANTATION; ELECTROFORMED MASK; ND:YAG CRYSTALS; OPTICAL CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34547211324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008513     Document Type: Article

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