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Precision nanoscale domain engineering of lithium niobate via UV laser induced inhibition of poling

Precision nanoscale domain engineering of lithium niobate via UV laser induced inhibition of poling
Precision nanoscale domain engineering of lithium niobate via UV laser induced inhibition of poling
Continuous wave ultraviolet (UV) laser irradiation at lambda=244 nm on the +z face of undoped and MgO doped congruent lithium niobate single crystals has been observed to inhibit ferroelectric domain inversion. The inhibition occurs directly beneath the illuminated regions, in a depth greater than 100 nm during subsequent electric field poling of the crystal. Domain inhibition was confirmed by both differential domain etching and piezoresponse force microscopy. This effect allows the formation of arbitrarily shaped domains in lithium niobate and forms the basis of a high spatial resolution micro-structuring approach when followed by chemical etching.
0003-6951
072905-[3pp]
Sones, C.L.
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Muir, A.C.
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Sones, C.L., Muir, A.C., Ying, Y.J., Mailis, S., Eason, R.W., Jungk, T., Hoffmann, Á. and Soergel, E. (2008) Precision nanoscale domain engineering of lithium niobate via UV laser induced inhibition of poling. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (7), 072905-[3pp]. (doi:10.1063/1.2884185).

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Continuous wave ultraviolet (UV) laser irradiation at lambda=244 nm on the +z face of undoped and MgO doped congruent lithium niobate single crystals has been observed to inhibit ferroelectric domain inversion. The inhibition occurs directly beneath the illuminated regions, in a depth greater than 100 nm during subsequent electric field poling of the crystal. Domain inhibition was confirmed by both differential domain etching and piezoresponse force microscopy. This effect allows the formation of arbitrarily shaped domains in lithium niobate and forms the basis of a high spatial resolution micro-structuring approach when followed by chemical etching.

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Published date: 20 February 2008
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 50676
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/50676
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 18d2cea0-e868-4e99-89d4-ef423561a466
ORCID for S. Mailis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-2670
ORCID for R.W. Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204

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Date deposited: 13 Mar 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: C.L. Sones
Author: A.C. Muir
Author: Y.J. Ying
Author: S. Mailis ORCID iD
Author: R.W. Eason ORCID iD
Author: T. Jungk
Author: Á. Hoffmann
Author: E. Soergel

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