supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50872089 and 60577012);the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Grant No. CityU 1194/07)
We report the near-stoichiometric Ti:LiNbO3 strip waveguides fabricated by vapour transport equilibration (VTE) at 1060~^{/circ}C for 12 h and co-diffusion of 4--8~/mu m wide, 115-nm thick Ti-strips. Optical stud...