High-index LiTaO3 optical waveguides with controlling birefringence prepared by nonisovalent ion exchange

Yuri N. Korkishko; Vyacheslav A. Fedorov; Tamara V. Morozova

doi:10.1117/12.175007

2 May 1994 High-index LiTaO3 optical waveguides with controlling birefringence prepared by nonisovalent ion exchange

Yuri N. Korkishko, Vyacheslav A. Fedorov, Tamara V. Morozova

Proceedings Volume 2150, Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175007
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Optical waveguides in lithium tantalate crystals prepared by nonisovalent ion exchange have been characterized. We found that the waveguides can be formed by ion exchange reactions Me²⁺ yields 2Li⁺ (Me: Ni, Mn, Fe, Co) in the salt melts at the temperatures below the Curie point of lithium tantalate. The fabrication and properties of optical waveguides formed in LiTaO₃ by simultaneous processing of nonisovalent and proton exchange have been also described. A surface increase of the refractive index up to 0.14 was observed for the extraordinary polarization and up to 0.11 for the ordinary polarization. The birefringence and index change of such waveguides can be controlled by varying the melt concentrations. The dynamics of the process is discussed. Rare-earth doping of LiTaO₃ by ion exchange reactions Er³⁺ yields 3Li⁺ and Nd³⁺ yields 3Li⁺ have been obtain at the temperature below the Curie point.

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Yuri N. Korkishko, Vyacheslav A. Fedorov, and Tamara V. Morozova "High-index LiTaO3 optical waveguides with controlling birefringence prepared by nonisovalent ion exchange", Proc. SPIE 2150, Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits, (2 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175007

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