Ferroelectric domain inversion in congruent lithium niobate

Author

Yazdani, Farshad ; Sundheimer, M.L. ; Gomes, A.S.L.

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

453

Abstract

We present results of ferroelectric domain inversion studies in congruent lithium niobate which clarify some important aspects of the dynamics of the process such as the alignment of the internal electric field, initiation of poling, switching time, conditions for spontaneous backswitching and stabilization of inverted domains, and the influence of the impedance of the poling apparatus. These results are of practical interest for designing poling processes for the fabrication of periodically-poled lithium niobate.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; electric domains; electric fields; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical waveguides; stability; LiNbO₃; congruent lithium niobate; ferroelectric domain inversion; internal electric field alignment; inverted domain stabilization; periodically-poled lithium niobate fabrication; poling apparatus impedance; poling initiation; poling process design; process dynamics; spontaneous backswitching; switching time; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency conversion; Impedance; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical frequency conversion; Photonic crystals; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244903

Filename

1244903