Ultra thin high index contrast photonic crystal slabs in lithium niobate

Optical Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-21

  Hartung, Holger ^a   Kley, Ernst Bernhard ^a   Gischkat, Thomas ^a   Schrempel, Frank ^a   Wesch, Werner ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Ion irradiation; Lithium niobat; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

AIR HOLES; AIR SLOT; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDES; ULTRA-THIN;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77958010677     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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