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Determination of refractive indices from the mode profiles of UV-written channel waveguides in LiNbO3-crystals for optimization of writing conditions

Determination of refractive indices from the mode profiles of UV-written channel waveguides in LiNbO3-crystals for optimization of writing conditions
Determination of refractive indices from the mode profiles of UV-written channel waveguides in LiNbO3-crystals for optimization of writing conditions
We report on a method for the simultaneous determination of refractive index profiles and mode indices from the measured near-field intensity profiles of optical waveguides. This method has been applied to UV-written single-mode optical waveguides in LiNbO3 for the optimization of the writing conditions. The results for the waveguides written with light of the wavelengths 275, 300.3, 302, and 305 nm for different writing powers and scan speeds reveal that for optimum writing conditions a maximum possible refractive index change of ~ 0.0026 can be achieved at a value of 632.8 nm transmitting wavelength. The computation process used in the presented technique may also become useful to extract absolute refractive index values of any slowly varying graded index waveguide.
0733-8724
3490-3497
Ganguly, Pranabendu
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Sones, Collin Lawrence
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Ying, Yongjun
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Steigerwald, Hendrik
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Buse, Karsten
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Soergel, Elisabeth
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Eason, Robert William
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Ganguly, Pranabendu
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Ying, Yongjun
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Steigerwald, Hendrik
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Buse, Karsten
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Soergel, Elisabeth
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Eason, Robert William
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Ganguly, Pranabendu, Sones, Collin Lawrence, Ying, Yongjun, Steigerwald, Hendrik, Buse, Karsten, Soergel, Elisabeth, Eason, Robert William and Mailis, Sakellaris (2009) Determination of refractive indices from the mode profiles of UV-written channel waveguides in LiNbO3-crystals for optimization of writing conditions. IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27 (16), 3490-3497. (doi:10.1109/JLT.2009.2015963).

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We report on a method for the simultaneous determination of refractive index profiles and mode indices from the measured near-field intensity profiles of optical waveguides. This method has been applied to UV-written single-mode optical waveguides in LiNbO3 for the optimization of the writing conditions. The results for the waveguides written with light of the wavelengths 275, 300.3, 302, and 305 nm for different writing powers and scan speeds reveal that for optimum writing conditions a maximum possible refractive index change of ~ 0.0026 can be achieved at a value of 632.8 nm transmitting wavelength. The computation process used in the presented technique may also become useful to extract absolute refractive index values of any slowly varying graded index waveguide.

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Published date: 15 August 2009
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 70947
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/70947
ISSN: 0733-8724
PURE UUID: 77aca933-af9a-45d6-9a5b-7d27458ac42b
ORCID for Robert William Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204
ORCID for Sakellaris Mailis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-2670

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:33

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Author: Pranabendu Ganguly
Author: Yongjun Ying
Author: Hendrik Steigerwald
Author: Karsten Buse
Author: Elisabeth Soergel
Author: Sakellaris Mailis ORCID iD

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