Optical and electro-optic properties of micrometric thick lead zirconate titanate films on (Pb{sub 0.86},La{sub 0.14})TiO{sub 3}/glass

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3176897· OSTI ID:21359307

Zhu, M M ^[1]; Du, Z H; Ma, J ^[1]

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1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798 (Singapore)

Highly (100)-oriented Pb(Zr{sub 0.52},Ti{sub 0.48})O{sub 3} (PZT) films of up to approx2.4 mum are deposited on the (Pb{sub 0.86},La{sub 0.14})TiO{sub 3} (PLT)-coated amorphous substrate by one cycle of sputtering and annealing. The films possess fibrous columnar nanostructures and vertically grow on the PLT/glass substrate. Microstructure analysis and property characterization indicate that the films possess very promising optical, waveguiding, and electro-optic (EO) properties, as well as low propagation loss. The transparency of >80% in the range of lambda=400-1200 nm and the linear EO coefficient of 341.4 pm/V have been measured in the films. Due to the large EO coefficient and the micrometric thickness, a giant phase retardation of 2.93 rad has been measured under an electric field of 50 kV/mm.

• OSTI ID: 21359307
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3176897; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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