Reconfigurable optical channel waveguides in lithium niobate crystals produced by combination of low-dose O^3+ ion implantation and selective white light illumination | Zendy

Yang Tan | Zendy; Feng Chen | Zendy; Milutin Stepić | Zendy; V. Shandarov | Zendy; Detlef Kip | Zendy

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Reconfigurable optical channel waveguides in lithium niobate crystals produced by combination of low-dose O^3+ ion implantation and selective white light illumination

Author(s) -

Yang Tan,

Feng Chen,

Milutin Stepić,

V. Shandarov,

Detlef Kip

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.010465

Subject(s) - lithium niobate , materials science , optics , optoelectronics , waveguide , ion implantation , erasure , fabrication , white light , ion , chemistry , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , computer science , programming language

We report on a new method to form reconfigurable channel waveguides in lithium niobate crystals, based on a combination of low-dose O(3+) ion implantation and selective white light illumination. The fabricated structures show low loss as well as rather high resistivity against optical erasure with red or infrared light, while at the same time reconfiguration of the structures remains possible using homogeneous white light illumination. The transmission properties of the channel waveguide modes can be well simulated numerically by the beam propagation method, which allows for the fabrication of tailored optical interconnections.

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