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UV integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate. / Poberaj, Gorazd; Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo; Medrano, Carolina et al.
In: Optical Materials, Vol. 31, No. 7, 05.2009, p. 1049-1053.

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Poberaj, G, Degl'Innocenti, R, Medrano, C & Günter, P 2009, 'UV integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate', Optical Materials, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2007.12.020

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Poberaj, G., Degl'Innocenti, R., Medrano, C., & Günter, P. (2009). UV integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate. Optical Materials, 31(7), 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2007.12.020

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Poberaj G, Degl'Innocenti R, Medrano C, Günter P. UV integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate. Optical Materials. 2009 May;31(7):1049-1053. Epub 2008 May 15. doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2007.12.020

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Poberaj, Gorazd ; Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo ; Medrano, Carolina et al. / UV integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate. In: Optical Materials. 2009 ; Vol. 31, No. 7. pp. 1049-1053.

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abstract = "We report on our recent progress in development of ultraviolet (UV) integrated optics devices based on beta-barium borate (BBO). Planar optical waveguides with a thickness of a few micrometers have been formed by the implantation of He+ ions with energies of around 2 MeV. Two alternative methods based on the femtosecond-laser assisted micromachining and lithographic structuring for the fabrication of ridge-type channel optical waveguides in implanted BBO crystals have been developed, and the transmission properties of the obtained waveguides have been studied. We demonstrate a big potential of the fabricated channel waveguides for the second harmonic generation of continuous-wave deep-UV laser light with a power of the order of 1 mW, exploiting the nonlinear optical properties of BBO crystal. In addition, a low-voltage electro-optic waveguide modulator for the deep-UV light (half-wave voltage times electrode length Vπ × l = 43 V cm at 257 nm) was realized for the first time.",
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