Open AccessCarbon ion implanted Nd:MgO:LiNbO_3 optical channel waveguides: an intermediate step between light and heavy ion implanted waveguides
Author(s) -
Ningning Dong,
Feng Chen,
Daniel Jaque
Publication year - 2010
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.18.005951
Subject(s) - materials science , lithium niobate , ion , waveguide , optics , fluorescence , ion implantation , luminescence , optoelectronics , carbon fibers , laser , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
We report on the micron-luminescent properties of carbon ion implanted optical channel waveguides in the Nd:MgO:LiNbO(3) laser crystals. The confocal fluorescence images of the waveguide's cross section are presented based on the analysis of the spatial variation of the Nd(3+) fluorescence properties. We have found that the carbon ion implanted waveguides exhibit hybrid fluorescence properties of both hydrogen and oxygen ion implanted waveguides, which clearly denotes a "boundary" effect of light and heavy ions for waveguide formation in lithium niobate crystals.