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Refractive index profile in photorefractive-damage-resistant near-stoichiometric Ti:Mg:Er: LiNbO 3 strip waveguide

Shi-Yu Xu, Bei Chen, Ping-Rang Hua, Dao-Yin Yu, Edwin Yue-Bun Pun, De-Long Zhang

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Abstract

Refractive index profile in photorefractive-damage-resistant near-stoichiometric (NS) single-mode Ti:Mg:Er: LiNbO 3 strip waveguide is constructed from the measured mode field distribution. Like the conventional congruent Ti:LiNbO 3 waveguide, the Ti-induced refractive index increase in the NS waveguide studied here follows a sum of two error functions in the width direction and a Gaussian function in the depth direction. Based upon the established index profile model, the mode sizes were calculated using the variational method and compared with the experimental results. The Ti-induced index increment at the NS waveguide surface was also evaluated according to the empirical relation previously reported for the conventional congruent Ti: LiNbO 3 waveguide and compared with the data deduced from the mode field distribution. All comparisons show good agreement, showing that the index model proposed is close to the practical scenario. © 2009-2012 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Article number6297432
Pages (from-to)1823-1830
JournalIEEE Photonics Journal
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Research Keywords

  • mode field distribution
  • Near-stoichiometric (NS) Ti:Mg:Er:LiNbO 3 waveguide
  • refractive index profile
  • variational method

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