Title :
Surface damage reduction on UV direct-write domains engineered LiNbO3
Author :
Boes, A. ; Crasto, T. ; Steigerwald, H. ; Sivan, V. ; Soergel, E. ; Mitchell, A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Thin-film coating of LiNbO3 crystals with chromium was found to greatly enhance the usefulness of UV direct-written domains: the surface damage is strongly reduced thus improving the quality of the, moreover deeper and wider domains.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; chromium; electric domains; lithium compounds; optical materials; LiNbO3; UV direct-write domains; surface damage reduction; thin-film coating; Crystals; Lithium niobate; Optical films; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Surface topography; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
