Switching applications in domain-engineered LiNbO3
Switching applications in domain-engineered LiNbO3
We have developed a novel electro-optically addressable total internal reflection (TIR) switch in a sample of z-cut domain-engineered congruent LiNbO3. Electric field poling has been used to domain invert one half of the sample, producing a sharp boundary between the two anti-parallel domain regions. Such a switch has numerous advantages including ease of fabrication, high switching contrast ratios, (TIR is a 100% efficient process for reflection at an ideal interface), relatively low drive voltages, and a wavelength dependence that is less critical than other electro-optic devices such as Pockels cells.
Boyland, A.J.
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Mailis, Sakellaris
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Eason, R.W.
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2001
Boyland, A.J.
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Mailis, Sakellaris
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Eason, R.W.
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Boyland, A.J., Mailis, Sakellaris and Eason, R.W.
(2001)
Switching applications in domain-engineered LiNbO3.
Fourth Annual Meeting of the COST P2 action "Applications of nonlinear optical Phenomena" and Workshop on LiNbO3, Hungary.
16 - 19 May 2001.
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We have developed a novel electro-optically addressable total internal reflection (TIR) switch in a sample of z-cut domain-engineered congruent LiNbO3. Electric field poling has been used to domain invert one half of the sample, producing a sharp boundary between the two anti-parallel domain regions. Such a switch has numerous advantages including ease of fabrication, high switching contrast ratios, (TIR is a 100% efficient process for reflection at an ideal interface), relatively low drive voltages, and a wavelength dependence that is less critical than other electro-optic devices such as Pockels cells.
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Published date: 2001
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Fourth Annual Meeting of the COST P2 action "Applications of nonlinear optical Phenomena" and Workshop on LiNbO3, Hungary, 2001-05-16 - 2001-05-19
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Optoelectronics Research Centre
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/17190
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A.J. Boyland
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Sakellaris Mailis
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R.W. Eason
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