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Fabrication of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers on (Yb, Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 epitaxial layers by reactive ion etching and on RbTiOPO4 by Cs+ diffusion

Fabrication of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers on (Yb, Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 epitaxial layers by reactive ion etching and on RbTiOPO4 by Cs+ diffusion
Fabrication of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers on (Yb, Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 epitaxial layers by reactive ion etching and on RbTiOPO4 by Cs+ diffusion
We present the fabrication and characterization of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers by the two different techniques of reactive ion etching and ion exchange on (Yb,Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 and RbTiOPO4, respectively. Liquid phase epitaxy was used to grow planar thin films followed by reactive ion etching for fabrication of structures over it. Cs+ ions were used for diffusion process because they produce a significant increase in the refractive index and the ionic radius is close to the Rb+ radius. It has been found that these structures can guide light with TM polarization at 1520 nm.
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Butt, M.A., Solé, R., Pujol, M.C., Ródenas, A., Lifante, G., Wilkinson, J.S., Choudhary, A., Murugan, G.S., Shepherd, D.P., Aguiló, M. and Díaz, F. (2014) Fabrication of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers on (Yb, Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 epitaxial layers by reactive ion etching and on RbTiOPO4 by Cs+ diffusion. European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO), , Nice, France. 24 - 27 Jun 2014.

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We present the fabrication and characterization of Y-splitters and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers by the two different techniques of reactive ion etching and ion exchange on (Yb,Nb):RbTiOPO4/ RbTiOPO4 and RbTiOPO4, respectively. Liquid phase epitaxy was used to grow planar thin films followed by reactive ion etching for fabrication of structures over it. Cs+ ions were used for diffusion process because they produce a significant increase in the refractive index and the ionic radius is close to the Rb+ radius. It has been found that these structures can guide light with TM polarization at 1520 nm.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2014
Additional Information: P008
Venue - Dates: European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO), , Nice, France, 2014-06-24 - 2014-06-27
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 366510
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366510
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ORCID for J.S. Wilkinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1697
ORCID for G.S. Murugan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3273
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Author: M.A. Butt
Author: R. Solé
Author: M.C. Pujol
Author: A. Ródenas
Author: G. Lifante
Author: J.S. Wilkinson ORCID iD
Author: A. Choudhary
Author: G.S. Murugan ORCID iD
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: M. Aguiló
Author: F. Díaz

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