All-laser-micromachining of ridge waveguides in LiNbO3 crystal for mid-infrared band applications

Abstract The femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent optical materials offers a powerful and feasible solution to fabricate versatile photonic components towards diverse applications. In this work, we report on a new design and fabrication of ridge waveguides in LiNbO3 crystal operating at t...

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Main Authors: Lingqi Li, Weijie Nie, Ziqi Li, Qingming Lu, Carolina Romero, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana, Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07587-w