Design and fabrication of micro-structured waveguides in lithium niobate

Sonia Boscolo; Mykhaylo Dubov

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876585

Design and fabrication of micro-structured waveguides in lithium niobate

Sonia Boscolo^*, Mykhaylo Dubov

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Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

We review our recent work on the numerical design and optimisation of buried, micro-structured waveguides (WGs) that can be formed in a lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) crystal by the method of direct femtosecond laser inscription. We also report on the possibility of fabricating such WGs using a high-repetition-rate, chirped-pulse oscillator system. Refractive index contrasts as high as -0.0127 have been achieved for individual modification tracks. The results pave the way for developing micro-structured WGs with low-loss operation across a wide spectral range, extending into the mid-infrared region up to the end of the transparency range of the host material.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks
Editors	Marek Jaworski, Marian Marciniak
Place of Publication	Warsaw (PL)
Publisher	National Institute of Telecommunications
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-5601-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-5600-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876585
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Graz, Austria Duration: 6 Jul 2014 → 10 Jul 2014

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Conference	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Abbreviated title	ICTON 2014
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Graz
Period	6/07/14 → 10/07/14

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Funding: Leverhulme Trust (grant RPG-278) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC grant EP/J010413/1)

Keywords

integrated optics
microstructure fabrication
nonlinear optics
photonic crystal waveguides

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Boscolo, S & Dubov, M 2014, Design and fabrication of micro-structured waveguides in lithium niobate. in M Jaworski & M Marciniak (eds), ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks., We.C5.2, National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw (PL), 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Graz, Austria, 6/07/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876585

Design and fabrication of micro-structured waveguides in lithium niobate. / Boscolo, Sonia; Dubov, Mykhaylo.
ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks. ed. / Marek Jaworski; Marian Marciniak. Warsaw (PL): National Institute of Telecommunications, 2014. We.C5.2.

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