Title :
Analysis of periodically poled domains of lithium niobate crystal by diffraction
Author :
Pandiyan, Krishnamoorthy ; Yeon Sook Kang ; Hwan Hong Lim ; Byoung Joo Kim ; Cha, Myoungsik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Pusan Nat. Univ., Busan, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate an efficient far-field diffraction method for quality assessment of periodically poled lithium niobate crystals. Microscopic and macroscopic analyses are carried out to obtain important statistical quantities and to assess the final device performance.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical materials; LiNbO3; far-field diffraction; lithium niobate crystal; macroscopic analysis; microscopic analysis; periodically poled domains; quality assessment; statistical quantities; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Diffraction gratings; Electrodes; Etching; Histograms; Lithium niobate; Optical diffraction; Optical harmonic generation; Optical microscopy; Diffraction; Electro-optic effect; Nonlinear optical material; Periodically poled lithium niobate;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292219