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Ferroelectric domain building blocks for photonic and nonlinear optical microstructures in LiNbO3

Ferroelectric domain building blocks for photonic and nonlinear optical microstructures in LiNbO3
Ferroelectric domain building blocks for photonic and nonlinear optical microstructures in LiNbO3
The ability to manipulate the size and depth of poling inhibited domains, which are produced by UV laser irradiation of the +z face of lithium niobate crystals followed by electric field poling, is demonstrated. It is shown that complex domain structures, much wider than the irradiating laser spot, can be obtained by partially overlapping the subsequent UV laser irradiated tracks. The result of this stitching process is one uniform domain without any remaining trace of its constituent components thus increasing dramatically the utility of this method for the fabrication of surface microstructures as well as periodic and aperiodic domain lattices for nonlinear optical and surface acoustic wave applications. Finally, the impact of multi exposure on the domain characteristics is also investigated indicating that some control over the domain depth can be attained.
0021-8979
124102
Zisis, G.
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Ying, C.Y.J.
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Soergel, E.
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Mailis, S.
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Zisis, G.
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Ying, C.Y.J.
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Soergel, E.
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Mailis, S.
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Zisis, G., Ying, C.Y.J., Soergel, E. and Mailis, S. (2014) Ferroelectric domain building blocks for photonic and nonlinear optical microstructures in LiNbO3. Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (12), 124102. (doi:10.1063/1.4868907).

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Abstract

The ability to manipulate the size and depth of poling inhibited domains, which are produced by UV laser irradiation of the +z face of lithium niobate crystals followed by electric field poling, is demonstrated. It is shown that complex domain structures, much wider than the irradiating laser spot, can be obtained by partially overlapping the subsequent UV laser irradiated tracks. The result of this stitching process is one uniform domain without any remaining trace of its constituent components thus increasing dramatically the utility of this method for the fabrication of surface microstructures as well as periodic and aperiodic domain lattices for nonlinear optical and surface acoustic wave applications. Finally, the impact of multi exposure on the domain characteristics is also investigated indicating that some control over the domain depth can be attained.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 March 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 March 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 368396
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/368396
ISSN: 0021-8979
PURE UUID: 1ebe711e-e735-4715-8354-e484e5db72e4
ORCID for S. Mailis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-2670

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Date deposited: 05 Sep 2014 10:54
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 17:46

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Author: G. Zisis
Author: C.Y.J. Ying
Author: E. Soergel
Author: S. Mailis ORCID iD

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