紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转

对紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转进行了实验研究。波长为351 nm的连续紫外激光被聚焦在近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体的-z表面,同时沿与晶体自发极化相反的方向施加均匀外电场。实验证实紫外激光辐照可以有效地降低晶体畴反转所需的矫顽电场,采用数字全息干涉测量技术检测证实在激光辐照区域实现局域畴反转。研究表明采用紫外激光诱导可以实现对近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转的局域控制。提出了物理机理的理论分析,认为外电场和激光辐照场的共同作用在晶体内部产生高浓度、大尺寸的缺陷结构,缺陷一定程度上降低畴体成核和畴壁运动所需要克服的退极化能和畴壁能,实现激光诱导畴反转。     

近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体周期极化畴反转特性研究

采用K2O作助熔剂直接拉晶法和气相输运平衡技术制备出了高质量近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体,研究了铌酸锂晶体中的[Li][Nb]比含量对其畴反转结构和极化电场的影响.实验结果表明:随着晶体中[Li][Nb]比的提高,畴极化反转电场呈明显下降趋势,使用近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体,在4.0±0.5kVmm大小极化电场条件下,成功地实现了1.0mm厚度的周期极化畴反转.并用铌酸锂晶体的Li空位缺陷模型对上述实验结果给出了合理的解释. 关键词： 近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体 周期极化 畴反转     

近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体生长及其周期极化

通过添加助熔剂K2O,制备了近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体。晶体没有开裂和孪晶现象。晶体的居里温度为(673±0.4)℃。通过在晶片表面形成占空比60%的聚酰亚胺周期结构并利用LiCl饱和溶液体电极施加极化电压,采用自动极化技术,制备出Z向切割0.5 mm厚的均匀周期极化化学计量比钽酸锂(SLT)晶片,晶片的畴反转占空比接近50%,并以1064 nm的Nd+3…YVO4激光器作为抽运源进行了光学实验。     

铌酸锂晶体紫外激光诱导畴反转实验研究

报道了在铌酸锂晶体中实现紫外激光诱导畴反转的实验。在一定外加均匀电场下,铌酸锂晶体中通过波长365nm的紫外激光,由于紫外光的照射降低了矫顽电场只在通光区实现畴反转。研究表明,该方案可用于周期性极化铌酸锂的制备,并有望成为制作精细周期性畴结构的有效技术方案。     

掺镁铌酸锂晶体亚微米畴结构特性研究

基于畴背向反转效应，利用外加短脉冲极化电场，通过对脉冲宽度、脉冲间隔以及脉冲个数的有效控制，在掺5mol％镁的铌酸锂晶体上得到周期为1.7μm的均匀亚微米畴结构，其纵向深度为30—50μm.同时，使用脉冲宽度为100ms的宽脉冲信号得到了畴带宽度仅为0.5μm的非对称微畴结构对亚微米畴结构产生的微观机制和物理过程进行了初步探讨. 关键词： 背向反转效应 掺镁铌酸锂晶体 周期极化     

掺镁铌酸锂亚微米结构畴反转的研究

研究了掺镁铌酸锂(MgO：LiNbO₃)的极化特性及其畴壁运动的性质,通过调节多个脉冲外加电场来控制畴壁的运动,在背向反转效应作用下,反转畴发生劈裂,制备出均匀的掺镁铌酸锂亚微米周期畴结构,并分析探讨了掺镁铌酸锂亚微米结构的成因及其反转机理. 关键词： 亚微米畴结构 掺镁铌酸锂 背向反转     

利用光衍射效应探测周期极化微结构晶体

以光栅衍射理论为基础，从理论上分析研究了微结构晶体衍射效率与占空比和折射率的关系.采用波长为532nm，最大功率为80mW 的连续激光为光源，分别对周期极化掺镁铌酸锂微结构晶体和周期极化同成分铌酸锂微结构晶体的占空比及极化反转引起的折射率变化进行了测试.测试结果表明，掺镁铌酸锂晶体周期极化反转所引起的折射率改变量大于同成分铌酸锂晶体极化反转所引起的折射率变化. 关键词： 光栅衍射 占空比 折射率变化     

钽酸锂晶体极化方法和装置

钽酸锂(LiTaO3,简称LT)晶体是本世绍60年代人工会成、80年代迅速发展起来的新型功能材料.它具有优良的压电、热电和电光性能,是制作彩电滤波器、热电探测器和电光调制器的较好的材料,在电视工业和激光、红外等科技领域获得了广泛应用.目前,国内外均具备工业生产的规模. 从单晶炉生产出的LT晶体呈多畴结构,使用之前必须对其极化,使之变成单畴结构.不极化或极化不完全的晶体实际上是不能用的涸此极化工序是LT单晶生产中的关键环节之一. 钽酸锂晶体极化方法和装置为有关的生产和科研单位提供了一套省时、省电、省力、省资金的晶体极化先进…     

周期性极化铌酸锂的微区拉曼及荧光研究

通对周期性极化铌酸锂(periodically poled lithium niobate,PPLN)的微区拉曼和荧光研究,发现小极化子荧光在反转畴与非反转畴呈现不同强度,同时在畴分界壁观察到拉曼禁止谱线.提出一种能够呈现极化光畴图像的非损伤方法,并进一步探讨反向极化过程的机理. 关键词： 周期性极化铌酸锂 微区拉曼 极化子荧光     

铌酸锂铁电畴工程及其应用

铌酸锂晶体是目前最重要的人工晶体之一,被誉为“光学硅”.铌酸锂晶体薄膜是最有应用前景的集成光电子学基质材料之一.在过去几十年的研究中,铌酸锂晶体在材料生长、基础研究和器件应用方面取得了巨大进展.利用铌酸锂晶体畴工程制备的周期极化铌酸锂、波导以及导电畴壁在光频率转换、光开关、光调制以及纳米电子器件等领域有重要应用.本文介绍了铌酸锂微米尺寸和纳米尺寸畴结构的制备方法及7个表征方式,并从3个方面介绍了铌酸锂畴工程的应用及其研究进展.     

Green-pumped high-power optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3

A high-power 532 nm-pumped multikilohertz nanosecond optical parametric oscillator using a periodically poled 1.0 mol.% MgO-doped stoichiometric lithium tantalate crystal that could be operated from room temperature to 200 degrees C without damage is reported. A broad continuous tuning range from 855 to 1410 nm was achieved within a single domain period. Efficient operation of high peak power and watt level average power with a power conversion of 62.5% was measured. These results show that a high-resolution high average power visible tunable source can be realized.     

Visualization of ferroelectric domains with coherent light

Illumination of a lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal along the crystallographic c axis with coherent light while simultaneously applying an external electrical field through transparent electrodes allows real-time, in situ, nondestructive monitoring of ferroelectric domain patterns. Imaging of the optical near-field through a lens directly visualizes the domain walls, whereas the far-field yields averaged information about the spatial orientation of the domain boundaries.     

Investigation of the physical properties of piezo-and ferroelectric crystals by high-resolution X-ray diffraction and topography

The acoustic properties of lanthanum-gallium tantalate crystals and the polar properties of ferroelectric lithium niobate crystals have been investigated by high-resolution X-ray diffraction and topography. It is shown that analysis of the diffraction spectra of acoustically modulated crystals makes it possible to determine the acoustic amplitudes and power flow angles. It was also demonstrated that investigation of the domain structure in ferroelectric crystals under the conditions of the inverse piezoelectric effect allows one to study the domain structure.     

Sodium D2 resonance radiation in single-pass sum-frequency generation with actively mode-locked Nd:YAG lasers

We report on a sodium D(2) resonance coherent light source achieved in single-pass sum-frequency generation in periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric lithium tantalate with actively mode-locked Nd:YAG lasers. Mode-locked pulses at 1064 and 1319 nm are synchronized with a time resolution of 37 ps with the phase adjustment of the radio frequencies fed to acousto-optic mode lockers. An output power of 4.6 W at 589.1586 nm is obtained, and beam quality near the diffraction limit is also achieved in a simple design.     

Light-Induced Domain Inversion in Mg-Doped near Stoichiometric Lithium Niobate Crystals

We investigate the influence of visible light on domain inversion in Mg-doped near stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals and find that the switching electric field decreases about 70% above a threshold light intensity. This effect helps us optically control domain switching and produce bulk domain structures on the micrometre scale. Finally, we introduce a model of photo-induced carriers to explain the origin of the reduction of switching electric field.     

Complex study of bulk screening processes in single crystals of lithium niobate and lithium tantalate family

Comprehensive study of depolarization field bulk screening was carried out in lithium niobate and lithium tantalate single crystals with various stoichiometry. Three used complementary methods are based on: 1) dependence of coercive field on delay time; 2) decrease of optical contrast of domain wall trace; 3) relaxation of light diffraction intensity on domain walls. The following parameters of bulk screening process were obtained: relaxation time constants, type of relaxation law, maximal value of bias field and “true” value of coercive field. Advantages and disadvantages of used experimental methods were analyzed.     

High spectral purity and tunable operation of a continuous singly resonant optical parametric oscillator emitting in the red

Continuous-wave oscillation of a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator operating from 619 to 640 nm has been obtained. Parametric gain is created in a MgO-doped periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate crystal pumped at 532 nm. 100 mW of single-frequency red light have been generated. The signal frequency is tunable, and its frequency stabilization on an external reference has been achieved.     

Few-optical-cycle pulses in the near-infrared from a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier

We extend the concept of broadband phase matching in a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) to the near-IR. In an 800 nm pumped NOPA using periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate, we amplify a spectrum spanning the 1.1-1.7 microm range and corresponding to two optical cycles of the carrier wavelength. A limited portion of the spectrum is compressed by a prism pair down to 16 fs.     

Infrared holographic recording in lithium tantalate crystals by means of the pyroelectric effect

Infrared holographic recording in a two-step process is demonstrated in stoichiometric iron-doped lithium tantalate crystals. Through absorption of two intersecting infrared pulses (A = 1064 nm) a temperature grating and thus a modulated pyroelectric field build up. Free electrons, excited by homogeneous light of a shorter wavelength (lambda = 532 nm) drift in this field, and a phase hologram is stored that can be read nondestructively. The change in refractive index depends mainly on the absorption coefficient at the wavelength of the recording light and on the intensity of the infrared light. The proposed method may be extended to telecommunication wavelengths by choice of suitable dopants.