Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 6, 060009(2021)

Lithium niobate planar and ridge waveguides fabricated by 3 MeV oxygen ion implantation and precise diamond dicing

Jinhua Zhao1、*, Xueshuai Jiao1, Yingying Ren2, Jinjun Gu1, Sumei Wang1, Mingyang Bu1, and Lei Wang3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
  • 2Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • 3School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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    Jinhua Zhao, Xueshuai Jiao, Yingying Ren, Jinjun Gu, Sumei Wang, Mingyang Bu, Lei Wang. Lithium niobate planar and ridge waveguides fabricated by 3 MeV oxygen ion implantation and precise diamond dicing[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060009

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Issue on Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Devices

    Received: Feb. 5, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 7, 2021

    Published Online: May. 8, 2021

    The Author Email: Jinhua Zhao (zhaojinhua@sdjzu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.060009

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