The state of the art of optical waveguide fabrication in lithium niobate is reviewed, with
particular emphasis on new technologies and recent applications. The attention is mainly …

As one of most efficient techniques for material-property modification, ion implantation has
shown its unique ability for alteration of surface refractive index of a large number of optical …

The tremendous interest in the field of waveguide lasers in the past two decades is largely
attributed to the geometry of the gain medium, which provides the possibility to store optical …

Solid-state laser has been widely used in industrial production, military weapons and
scientific research because of its compact structure, convenient use and high output power …

Ion beam implantation has been used not only to modify some properties of the bulk
materials but also to construct waveguide structures in many optical substrates by accurate …

The performance of CW Nd: YAG waveguide lasers operating at 1.06 µm at room
temperature is described. The waveguides were fabricated by proton implantation and the …

The light ion implantation technique is applied to perform several planar and channel
waveguides in 1 at.% Er3+ doped YAlO3 single crystal. Waveguides of different dimensions …

Buried and stacked planar as well as buried single and parallel channel waveguides are
fabricated in sapphire by proton implantation. Good control of the implantation parameters …

In this paper, the authors report on the fabrication and characterization of poly-
methylmethacrylate (PMMA) buried channel waveguides. The waveguides were fabricated …

Fabrication and laser operation of proton-implanted Ti: sapphire buried channel waveguides
is reported for the first time to our knowledge. Without any postimplantation annealing of the …