Correlation between photorefractive index changes and optical damage thresholds in z-cut proton-exchanged-LiNbO3 waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 658-665

  Luedtke, F ^a   Villarroel, J ^b   Garcia Cabanes A ^b   Buse, K ^a   Carrascosa, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVEGUIDES;

DARK CONDUCTIVITY; INTENSITY THRESHOLD; LIGHT-INDUCED INDICES; OPTICAL DAMAGE THRESHOLD; PHOTOREFRACTIVE INDEX; PROTON EXCHANGED WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; THRESHOLD INTENSITY;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 58449095144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000658     Document Type: Article

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