Abstract

We report the lattice damage and annealing properties of the 500 keV ${\mathrm{Si}}^{+}$ ions implanted $\mathrm{Nd}\text{:}{\mathrm{YVO}}_4$ crystal with different doses. The Rutherford backscattering spectrometry/channeling technique was used to analyze the damage profiles of ion-implanted samples. A series of post-implant annealing was performed at temperatures from 250 °C to 400 °C to investigate the relation between lattice damage profile and the waveguide formation. Implantations at doses of more than $5\times {10}^{14}\mathrm{ions}/{\mathrm{cm}}^2$ can result in high damage ratio in the near-surface region and the lattice structure cannot be restored even after annealing at 400 °C. Such seriously damaged lattice is relatively stable and contributes to the waveguide structure. Convergence of the refractive index at the surface region after ion implantation is believed mainly due to the elastic collisions with the target atoms caused by nuclear energy loss.

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