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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 6 — Mar. 15, 2010
  • pp: 5449–5458

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Micro-Raman characterization of Zn-diffused channel waveguides in Tm3+:LiNbO3

Marta Quintanilla, Emma Martín Rodríguez, Eugenio Cantelar, Fernando Cussó, and Concepción Domingo  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 5449-5458 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.005449


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Abstract

In this work micro-Raman scattering experiments have been performed in LiNbO3:Tm3+ samples with waveguides fabricated by Zn2+ in-diffusion. The results shown that Zn2+ ions enter the lattice in Li+ sites, but also in interstitial positions. This produces a compaction of the lattice close to the surface of the sample, generating the waveguide. It is shown that this region is surrounded by a different area in which the lattice is relaxed to recover the characteristic lattice parameters of LiNbO3:Tm3+.

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OCIS Codes
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(300.0300) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy

ToC Category:
Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: December 7, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 20, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 29, 2010
Published: March 2, 2010

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Marta Quintanilla, Emma Martín Rodríguez, Eugenio Cantelar, Fernando Cussó, and Concepción Domingo, "Micro-Raman characterization of Zn-diffused channel waveguides in Tm3+:LiNbO3," Opt. Express 18, 5449-5458 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-6-5449


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