Lithium niobate (LN) is one of the most important synthetic crystals. In the past two decades,
many breakthroughs have been made in material technology, theoretical understanding …

Rare-earth doped materials are of crucial importance to optoelectronics, and are widely
deployed in fibre amplifiers and solid-state lasers. This article summarises the present state …

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The
Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this …

A photonic integrated waveguide amplifier fabricated on erbium-ytterbium (Er-Yb) codoped
thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has been investigated in this work. A small-signal internal …

We report on the results of a spectroscopic analysis of the transition strengths of Er-doped
LiNbO3. The line strengths of several transitions from the ground state to excited state …

Abstract Rare-earth (eg, Er 3+, Nd 3+) based, guided wave optical amplification in lithium
niobate (LiNbO 3) integrated optic systems is a new and important addition to the field of …

O-Alkyl synthetic analogues of the green fluorescent protein chromophore are
nonfluorescent in solution but demonstrate a bright emission in the crystalline state. Three …

Optical waveguides in rare-earth-doped crystals are one of the most promising systems for
practical implementations of quantum memory. To further develop these systems, detailed …

The aim of this paper is to present a review on some aspects and applications of ion
exchange process in glasses, ferroelectric and polymers in the fields of optics …

Point intrinsic and extrinsic defects, especially paramagnetic ions of transition metals and
rare-earth elements, have essential influence on properties of lithium niobate, LN and …