Lithium niobate (LiNbO3 or LN) is a well-known multifunctional crystal that has been widely
applied in various areas of photonics, electronics, and optoelectronics. In the past …

A range of ion beam techniques have been used to fabricate a variety of photonic guiding
structures in the well-known lithium niobate (⁠ LiNbO 3 or LN) crystals that are of great …

Defects play an essential role in controlling the phenomenon of d0 ferromagnetism in
nonmagnetic oxides. Defects can have significant impact on behavior, especially d0 …

Oxygen ions are implanted into BiFeO 3 films on LaNiO 3/SrTiO 3 (1 0 0) substrates. The
evolution of films is characterized by x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and …

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 structural damage induced by ion irradiation on dielectric materials and associated
device degradation has been, so far, explained on the basis of collisional processes mostly …

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 physical mechanism of He-ion-based exfoliation in Z-cut Li Nb O 3 is investigated.
Rutherford backscattering/channeling, nuclear-reaction analysis, and transmission electron …

Ion irradiation is a widely employed tool to fabricate diamond micro-and nano-structures for
applications in integrated photonics and quantum optics. In this context, it is essential to …

Swift heavy ion irradiation has been widely used to modify refractive indices of optical
materials for waveguide fabrication. In this work, we propose refractive index engineering by …