• DocumentCode
    274591
  • Title

    Passive tuning of LiNbO3 directional coupler structures

  • Author

    Nutt, Alan C.G. ; Nakama, Kenichi

  • Author_Institution
    Tsukuba Res. Lab., Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    11-15 Sep 1988
  • Firstpage
    595
  • Abstract
    Tuning of LiNbO3 Z-propagating Ti:diffused directional coupler structures is described, using a short proton exchange process followed by annealing. DC structures can be tuned by 43% while retaining low-loss properties (0.3 dB/cm excess with over 100 minutes annealing)
  • Keywords
    directional couplers; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical couplers; titanium; DC structures; LiNbO3:H; LiNbO3:Ti; Z-propagating coupler; annealing; directional coupler structures; passive tuning; proton exchange process;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    93653