Title :
Tailor-made domain structures on the x-face and y-face of LiNbO3 crystals
Author :
Boes, Andreras ; Crasto, Tristan ; Sivan, Vijay ; Soergel, Elisabeth ; Steigerwald, Hendrik ; Mitchell, Arnan
Abstract :
Domains with a width of a few microns are engineered in lithium niobate crystals by irradiating the surface with strongly absorbed UV light. The fact that the UV light can not only write but also erase domains enables on-demand geometries of the domain features.
Keywords :
crystal structure; electric domains; ferroelectric ceramics; lithium compounds; ultraviolet radiation effects; ultraviolet spectra; LiNbO3; UV light absorption spectra; ceramics; ferroelectric crystals; surface irradiation; tailor-made domain structure; x-face lithium niobate crystals; y-face lithium niobate crystals; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; formatting; insert; style; styling;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics held jointly with 2012 European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics and 2012 International Symp Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials (ISAF/ECAPD/PFM), 2012 Intl Symp
Conference_Location :
Aveiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2668-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2012.6297715
