Distributed optical feedback and nonlinear photonic crystals based on selective etching of periodically-poled lithium niobate

Author

Capmany, Juan ; Fernandez-Pousa, C.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. Fisica y Ar, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

877

Abstract

Selective etching technique is applied to a periodically poled crystal of lithium niobate and surface-relief grating is formed. The grating quality is analyzed in an optical diffraction experiment. The surface grating created can be used to provide distributed feedback in PPLN crystals doped with laser-active ions. In the same manner, the grating is itself both a photonic bandgap crystal of high index contrast and a nonlinear photonic crystal.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; etching; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical feedback; optical materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; LiNbO₃; distributed optical feedback; optical diffraction; periodically-poled lithium niobate; photonic bandgap; photonic crystals; selective etching; surface-relief grating; Diffraction gratings; Distributed feedback devices; Etching; Laser feedback; Lithium niobate; Optical diffraction; Optical feedback; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363521

Filename

1363521