Optimization of nanopores obtained by chemical etching on swift-ion irradiated lithium niobate

Writing of crystal lines and its optical

Writing of crystal lines and its optical properties of rare-earth ion (Er3+ and Sm3+) doped lithium niobate crystal on glass surface formed by laser irradiation

✍ Tsuyoshi Honma; Keiko Koshiba; Yasuhiko Benino; Takayuki Komatsu 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 384 KB

A glass of Li 2 O-Nb 2 O 5 -SiO 2 -B 2 O 3 with an addition of CuO or Sm 2 O 3 crystallizing in nonlinear optical lithium niobate LiNbO 3 is developed. Crystalline lines of Lithium Niobate have been fabricated by continuous wave laser irradiation of the glass surface. The crystalline laser written l