Improved material properties in MgO-doped near-stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/ for nonlinear optical applications

Author

Furukawa, Yudai ; Kitamura, K. ; Takekawa, Shunji ; Alexandrovski, A. ; Route, R.K. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Foulon, G.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Res. in Inorg. Mater., Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

386

Lastpage

387

Abstract

Summary form only given.In recent years there has been increasing interest in the use of quasi-phase-matched periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) for a variety of frequency conversion applications. We investigate the influence of of MgO doping on the green-induced infrared absorption, photorefraction, and ferroelectric domain nature in near stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/, and MgO doped near-stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/ are expected to show much improved nonlinear properties since they have considerably reduced photorefraction, and ferroelectric domain switching compared to congruent crystals.

Keywords

electric domains; ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; photorefractive materials; stoichiometry; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO; MgO doped near-stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/; MgO doping; MgO-doped near-stoichiometric LiNbO/sub 3/; congruent crystals; ferroelectric domain nature; ferroelectric domain switching; frequency conversion applications; green-induced infrared absorption; near stoichiometric; nonlinear optical applications; nonlinear properties; optical material properties; photorefraction; quasi-phase-matched periodically poled lithium niobate; Bars; Excitons; Glass; Luminescence; Material properties; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907154

Filename

907154