Title :
Electro-Optical Coupling in Laminate Composites Ferroelectrics/Polycarbonate
Author :
Li, X.Y. ; Zhang, N. ; Luo, X.B. ; Gao, J.S. ; Wang, W.
Author_Institution :
Magnetoelectronic Lab., Nanjing Normal Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Electro-optical composites based on the product of electro-strictive and elasto-optical effects were developed. Laminate composites of PbZr1-xTixO3 and Polycarbonate were synthesized. Their electro-optical properties were studied. The nominal transverse electro-optical coefficient of the composites was observed 3 times larger than the similar quantity of NbLiO3. Experiments and theoretical analysis showed that the electro-optical effect of the composites had strong "size effects". With decreasing the ratio of the thickness/length or increasing the width of the elastic-optic phase, the half-wave electric field intensity increases but the transverse electro-optical coefficient decreases for the composites.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; ferroelectric materials; laminates; lead compounds; polymers; size effect; PbZr1-xTixO3; electro-optical coupling; ferroelectrics-polycarbonate composites; half-wave electric field intensity; laminate composites; size effects; Composite materials; Ferroelectric materials; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laminates; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4963-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4964-4
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504035
