Proton-exchanged lithium niobate waveguides for photonic applications

This talk shall provide an overview of the current activity on integrated LiNbO3 devices based on proton-exchange techniques at the ORC. We shall present the technology and the experimental results obtained so far on slab waveguides in 2D Nonlinear Photonic Crystals and on channel waveguides in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate and discuss perspective applications for all-optical signal processing in ultra-fast fibre telecom systems