title: Ion-beam manipulation of the photorefractive properties of strontium barium niobate planar waveguides.
abstract: Photorefractive planar waveguides have been fabricated in cerium-doped strontium barium niobate (Sr(x)Ba(1-x)Nb(2)O(6), SBN) single crystals by ion-beam implantation. The losses measured were as low as 0.1 and 7.0 dB cm(-1) for the TM and the TE modes, respectively. Subsequent two-beam-coupling experiments performed on the waveguides showed that, unlike for BaTiO(3) and KNbO(3) waveguides formed by ion-beam implantation, the two-beam-coupling gain direction did not reverse. Also, the response time had been reduced by 2 orders of magnitude.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Eason
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang