S. Pelli, G. Righini, F. Quercioli, B. Tiribilli, M. Vassalli, M. Cremona, J. Pereira
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In our experiments, we have successfully managed to produce optical waveguides in polished LiF crystals by using He/sup +/ ion beam irradiation. The beam was masked by a metal window, producing large irradiated stripes about 1 mm wide. Irradiation energy was chosen to be 1.1 MeV, since it allowed to produce 3 /spl mu/m thick waveguides with a parabolic colour centre creation and thus refractive index profile, which was very suitable for characterisation purposes.