Latent ultrafast laser-assisted domain inversion in congruent lithium niobate

Author

Mailis, S. ; Valdivia, C.E. ; Sones, C.L. ; Muir, A.C. ; Eason, R.W.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

A full study of the latent coercive field modification and domain expansion dynamics is reported in the paper. In this investigation a transparent cell was used for the illumination and poling of the crystals which allowed in situ observation of the domain formation (via stress-induced birefringence and electro-optic refractive index contrast at the inverted domain boundaries).

Keywords

birefringence; domain boundaries; electric domains; electro-optical effects; ferroelectric materials; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; lithium compounds; optical materials; refractive index; LiNbO₃; congruent lithium niobate; electro-optic refractive index contrast; inverted domain boundaries; latent coercive field modification; stress-induced birefringence; ultrafast laser-assisted domain inversion; Area measurement; Crystals; Delay effects; Etching; Ferroelectric materials; Lighting; Lithium niobate; Pulse amplifiers; Time measurement; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386176

Filename

4386176