Planar optical waveguides in single crystals of KNbO3 were produced by 1 and 2 MeV He ion implantation with doses between 5×1013 and 5×1014 cm−2. We observe nonleaky waveguiding due to an implantation induced increase of nc, the smallest of the three refractive indices of KNbO3. For 2 MeV He ions and a dose of 1014 cm−2 waveguides with typical propagation losses of ∼3 dB/cm have been fabricated. The possibility of producing nonleaky waveguides by ultralow dose implantation promises the creation of complicated channel waveguide structures within minutes.
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