Electro-optic performances of novel calcium barium niobate thin films

Author

Ferrera, Marcello ; Razzari, Luca ; Helsten, Robin ; Ndione, Paul-François ; Chaker, Mohamed ; Morandotti, Roberto

Author_Institution

NRS-EMT, Varenne

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

439

Lastpage

441

Abstract

The electro-optical coefficient r33 of a novel ferroelectric compound (Calcium Barium Niobate) is estimated using a single beam set-up in a reflection geometry on thin film samples. The quality of the electrode used to apply the exciting field was estimated as a critical parameter. Following an electrode quality optimization we estimated a lower bound for the r33 coefficient as large as 130 pm/V.

Keywords

barium compounds; calcium compounds; electro-optical effects; ferroelectric thin films; optical films; Ca_1-xBa_xNb₂O₆; calcium barium niobate thin film; electro-optical coefficient; electrode quality optimization; ferroelectric compound; reflection geometry; single beam set-up; Barium; Calcium; Electrodes; Ferroelectric materials; Indium tin oxide; Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Niobium compounds; Optical reflection; Refractive index; Transistors; Electrooptic measurements; Pockels effect; ferroelectric materials; thin films;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404299

Filename

4404299