Method for making a second-order nonlinear optical material, the material obtained by the method, and an optical modulation device comprising the material
US6215576A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3558
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A second-order nonlinear optical material comprises a glass body poled from a first direction and a second direction, which differ from each other, so that the glass body exhibits little birefringence relative to a beam being propagated in a third direction substantially vertical to said first direction and said second direction, respectively, wherein said glass body comprises a major proportion of SiO.sub.2 and a minor proportion of germanium. A method for making the material, and optical modulator devices comprising the material are also described.
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