The state of the art of optical waveguide fabrication in lithium niobate is reviewed, with
particular emphasis on new technologies and recent applications. The attention is mainly …

Main experimental evidences and theoretical models, currently used to describe the
modification of dielectric materials by swift-heavy ion (SHI) beams, operating in the …

We report on the current status of the ion beam laboratory of the Centre of Micro-Analysis of
Materials at the Autonomous University of Madrid. The 5 MV accelerator facility provides …

Ion beam implantation has been used not only to modify some properties of the bulk
materials but also to construct waveguide structures in many optical substrates by accurate …

Heavy mass ions, Kr and Xe, having energies in the~ 10 MeV/amu range have been used to
produce thick planar optical waveguides at the surface of lithium niobate (LiNbO_3). The …

The archaeometric application of IBA is possible because in the majority of cases the
working conditions are such that no damage and in particular visible damage is produced …

X-ray and neutron diffraction studies succeeded in the 1960s to determine the principal
structural properties of congruent lithium niobate. However, the nature of the intrinsic defects …

The irradiation of lithium niobate with swift heavy ions results in the creation of amorphous
nano-sized channels along the incident ion path. These nano-channels are on the order of a …

Optical waveguides are key elements of many photonic devices; for this reason many
materials and methods have been intensively studied to fabricate them. Ion implantation …

Fifty years since the invention of the laser have been witness of the development of many
different laser systems and designs. Among them, miniaturized versions of solid sate lasers …