Domain engineering: periodic domain patterning in lithium niobate

Author

Shur, V.Ya. ; Batchko, R.G. ; Rumyantsev, E.L. ; Miller, G.D. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Byer, R.L.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys. & Appl. Math., Ural State Univ., Ekaterinburg, Russia

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

399

Lastpage

405

Abstract

We present our experimental and theoretical investigations of field induced domain structure evolution in lithium niobate. The processes governing the fabrication of short-pitch domain gratings required for nonlinear optics applications are analyzed in detail. We propose an enhanced electric-field poling technique based on spontaneous backswitching which allows to produce domain gratings with periods down to 4 μm in 0.5-mm-thick LiNbO₃ substrate

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; diffraction gratings; electric domains; ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; LiNbO₃; LiNbO₃ substrate; domain engineering; domain gratings; enhanced electric-field poling technique; fabrication; field induced domain structure evolution; nonlinear optics applications; periodic domain patterning; short-pitch domain gratings; spontaneous backswitching; Electrodes; Ferroelectric materials; Gratings; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical pulse shaping; Optical surface waves; Scanning electron microscopy; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, 1998. ISAF 98. Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreux

ISSN

1099-4734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4959-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.1998.786717

Filename

786717