Carbon ion implanted Nd:MgO:LiNbO(3) optical channel waveguides: an intermediate step between light and heavy ion implanted waveguides

Opt Express. 2010 Mar 15;18(6):5951-6. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.005951.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Heavy Ions
  • Niobium / chemistry*
  • Niobium / radiation effects*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Oxides / radiation effects*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Niobium
  • lithium niobate
  • Carbon