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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 1, 8(2020)

Lithium niobate waveguides with high-index contrast and preserved nonlinearity fabricated by a high vacuum vapor-phase proton exchange Editors' Pick

Alicia Petronela Rambu1, Alin Marian Apetrei1, Florent Doutre2, Hervé Tronche2, Vasile Tiron3, Marc de Micheli2, and Sorin Tascu1、*
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  • 1Research Center on Advanced Materials and Technologies, Science Department, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 700506 Iasi, Romania
  • 2Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), UMR 7010, Nice, France
  • 3Research Department, Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 700506 Iasi, Romania
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    Alicia Petronela Rambu, Alin Marian Apetrei, Florent Doutre, Hervé Tronche, Vasile Tiron, Marc de Micheli, Sorin Tascu, "Lithium niobate waveguides with high-index contrast and preserved nonlinearity fabricated by a high vacuum vapor-phase proton exchange," Photonics Res. 8, 8 (2020)

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    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jul. 29, 2019

    Accepted: Oct. 24, 2019

    Published Online: Dec. 6, 2019

    The Author Email: Sorin Tascu (sorin.tascu@uaic.ro)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.8.000008

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
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