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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kishor P. Gadkaree, Big Flats, NY (US);
Kamal K. Soni, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 3/300 ; C01D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 3/300 ; C01D 1/00 ;
Abstract
Methods of manufacturing stoichiometric lithium niobate elements are provided. The method involves heating lithium niobate substrates in the presence of a monolithic sintered source of lithium and/or niobium. The method is useful for producing lithium niobate optical elements such as waveguides, switches and modulators.