Evanescent coupling in arrays of type II femtosecond laser-written waveguides in bulk x -cut lithium niobate

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Heinrich, Matthias ^a   Szameit, Alexander ^a   Dreisow, Felix ^a   Döring, Sven ^a   Thomas, Jens ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,c   Ancona, Antonio ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

FEMTO-SECOND LASER; LITHIUM NIOBATE; TYPE II;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 51749103726     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2981801     Document Type: Article

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