Electro-optic switches in poled lithium niobate

Author

Brinkman, M.J. ; Romanovsky, Alexandre ; Xiaofeng Shao ; Field, S.J. ; Deacon, D.A.G. ; Bischel, W.K.

Author_Institution

Deacon Res., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

249

Abstract

Summary form only given. A new class of practical electro-optical (EO) devices based on poled interfaces has been enabled by recently developed lithographically-defined poling process for ferroelectric materials. The new planar poling processes provide the geometrical control required for practical devices. For example, a guided-wave beam deflector has been fabricated in LiTaO/sub 3/ with a thermal gradient poling process.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; diffraction gratings; electro-optical switches; electron beam lithography; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; LiTaO/sub 3/; electro-optic switches; electro-optical devices; ferroelectric materials; geometrical control; guided-wave beam deflector; lithographically-defined poling process; planar poling processes; poled interfaces; poled lithium niobate; thermal gradient poling process; Electrooptic devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lithium niobate; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Switches; Tellurium; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864627