Title :
In-situ measurement of the duty-cycle during periodic poling of ferroelectrics domains
Author :
Geoffroy, Gilles ; Alibart, Olivier ; Pascal, B.
Author_Institution :
Lab.de Phys. de la Matiere Condensee, Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
Abstract :
A simple method is proposed to measure the duty cycle for periodic poling of ferroelectrics domains. This non-destructive method is based on monitoring the poling current and has been tested on lithium niobate.
Keywords :
electric domains; electro-optical effects; ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; nondestructive testing; optical materials; optical phase matching; LiNbO/sub 3/; duty-cycle; ferroelectric domain; lithium niobate; periodic poling; poling current;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
