Photo-written optical waveguides and waveguide arrays in photorefractive crystals

Jianlin Zhao, Peng Zhang, Dexing Yang, Yanghua Ma, Honglai Xu

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Abstract

Photo-written optical waveguides and waveguide arrays are experimentally demonstrated by employing structure light beam illuminations and spatial dark solitons in photorefractive crystals. Planar, Y-branches, and fiber-like waveguides are fabricated by employing illuminations of structure light beams generated by using binary or SLM-prepared optical masks, and a channel waveguide is created by employing one-dimensional spatial dark solitons in LiNbO3:Fe crystals. Planar and channel waveguide arrays are created by illuminating of two-beam or four-beam interference fields in LiNbO3:Fe, SBN:Cr, and KNSBN:Ce crystals. The experimental results show that waveguides and waveguide arrays are successfully fabricated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhotorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices, PEMD 2005
PublisherOptical Society of America
Pages529-534
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1557527938, 9781557527936
StatePublished - 2005
EventPhotorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices, PEMD 2005 - Sanya, China
Duration: 19 Jul 200519 Jul 2005

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferencePhotorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices, PEMD 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period19/07/0519/07/05

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