Novel low-temperature Er3+ doping of lithium niobate

Jarmila Spirkova-Hradilova; Pavla Kolarova; Josef Schroefel; Jiri Ctyroky; Jiri Vacik; Vratislav Perina

doi:10.1117/12.246802

19 August 1996 Novel low-temperature Er³⁺ doping of lithium niobate

Jarmila Spirkova-Hradilova, Pavla Kolarova, Josef Schroefel, Jiri Ctyroky, Jiri Vacik, Vratislav Perina

Proceedings Volume 2775, Specification, Production, and Testing of Optical Components and Systems; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.246802
Event: Optical Instrumentation and Systems Design, 1996, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Low temperature doping procedure is employed to make erbium doped lithium niobate substrates. The doping process is studied for X-, Y- and Z-cuts in both virgin and proton exchanged wafers. The amount as high as 9 weight percent of erbium was found in X-cuts when the doping was performed from a mixture of molten nitrates containing 10 weight percent of erbium slat after 5 hours diffusion at 400 degrees C. The content of erbium in Z- and Y-cuts as well as in the proton exchanged X-cuts was found to be much lower, below 0.5 percent. In-diffused erbium ions concentration is localized in a very thin layer, which can be extended by a subsequent annealing. Annealed proton exchanged waveguides were fabricated in the erbium doped wafers without any deterioration of the samples surfaces.

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Jarmila Spirkova-Hradilova, Pavla Kolarova, Josef Schroefel, Jiri Ctyroky, Jiri Vacik, and Vratislav Perina "Novel low-temperature Er³⁺ doping of lithium niobate", Proc. SPIE 2775, Specification, Production, and Testing of Optical Components and Systems, (19 August 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.246802

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