Near-stoichiometric Ti:LiNbO3 strip waveguide with varied substrate refractive index in waveguide layer

We report the near-stoichiometric Ti:LiNbO3 strip waveguides fabricated by vapour transport equilibration (VTE) at 1060 C for 12 h and co-diffusion of 4-8 μm wide, 115-nm thick Ti-strips. Optical studies show that these waveguides are monomode at 1.5 μm and have losses of 1.3 and 1.1 dB/cm for the TM and TE modes, respectively. In the waveguide width/depth direction, the mode field follows a Gauss/Hermite-Gauss profile. A secondary ion mass spectrometry study reveals that the Ti profile follows a sum of two error functions along the width direction and a complementary error function in the depth direction. Micro-Raman analysis shows that the Li-composition in the depth direction also follows a complementary error function. The mean Li/Nb ratio in the waveguide layer is about 0.98. The inhomogeneous Li-composition profile results in a varied substrate index in the guiding layer, and the refractive index profile in the guiding layer is given.     

Ni2+掺杂近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体的生长及光谱特性

以K2O为助熔剂,在较大的固液界面温度梯度条件下,应用坩埚下降法技术生长了初始Ni2 掺杂摩尔分数为0.5%的近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体。测定了晶体的吸收光谱,观测到由Ni2 离子在八面体中3A2g(F)→3T1g(P)、3A2g(F)→3T1g(F)、3A2g(F)→3T2g(F)能级的正常自旋允许跃迁所产生的381 nm,733 nm,1280 nm吸收峰和3A2g(F)→1T2g(D)和3A2g(F)→1E(D)能级的自旋禁戒跃迁产生的430 nm与840 nm吸收峰。从晶体紫外吸收边的位置初步估算其摩尔分数比x(Li )/x(Nb5 )为0.981。根据晶体分裂场理论和吸收光谱,计算了Ni2 在该铌酸锂晶体中的晶格场分裂参量Dq=781 cm-1、Racah参量B=1096 cm-1与C=4353 cm-1。研究了在不同激发波长下晶体在可见光波段的荧光特征,观察到500~630 nm的绿色与800~850 nm的红色荧光发射带,它们归结为1T2g(D)→3A2g(F)与1T2g(D)→3T2g(F)的能级跃迁所致。     

近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体各向畴形态的研究

本文对采用双坩埚提拉法生长的近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体沿其各向切块腐蚀后通过直接观察和在金相显微镜下观察,对其各个面的畴结构进行了分析.我们发现晶体a面上由于镜相对称不反映畴结构,b面和c面上的腐蚀形貌则完全显露而且按一定的方向整齐地排列,证明我们生长的SLN晶体是完全单畴结构的晶体.     

近化学计量比铌酸锂晶体组分过冷与临界生长速率研究

本文在用双坩埚提拉法生长近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体的过程中观察到了组分过冷的实验数据,同时根据Tiller-Chalmers稳定性判据公式半定量计算了近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体临界生长速率的理论值,得到一般电阻加热双坩埚提拉法生长近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体的临界生长速率为0.1mm/h数量级.通过临界生长速率解释了一系列晶体生长的实验结果.提出了一些工艺措施来避免组分过冷,根据这些工艺获得了无包裹体的近化学计量比LiNbO3晶体.     

近化学计量组分掺铒铌酸锂的制备及性能测试

通过气相输运平衡技术,严格控制生长条件和气氛,制备了化学组分均匀、光学质量优异的近化学计量组分Er:LiNbO3晶体.通过对吸收边、喇曼谱及红外OH-吸收谱的测量,发现吸收边"蓝移";OH-吸收带显著减弱;Er:LiNbO3晶体中的E模(152cm-1)和A1模(632cm-1)的线宽也明显变窄.这些特征都证实了得到的Er:LiNbO3晶体已接近于化学计量组分,经过计算,其Li+含量达到49.7mol;.     

The dielectric behaviour of doped near-stoichiometric lithium niobate in the terahertz range

The dielectric properties of near-stoichiometric LiNbO 3:Fe and LiNbO₃:Ce single crystals have been investigated using terahertz time domain spectroscopy in a frequency range of 0.7-1.6 THz at room temperature.When coupled with an applied external optical field,obvious photorefractive effects were observed,resulting in a modulation of the complex dielectric constant for the crystals.The variation in refractive index,| n|,had a linear relationship with the applied light intensity,accompanied by a step-like decrease at high intensity.The findings were attributed to the internal space charge field of the photorefraction and the light-induced domain reversal in the crystals.