Lithium niobate single-crystal and photo-functional device
Abstract
Provided are lithium niobate single-crystal that requires a low voltage of not larger than 10 kV/nm for its ferroelectric polarization inversion and of which the polarization can be periodically inverted with accuracy even at such a low voltage, and a photo-functional device comprising the crystal. The crystal has a molar fraction of Li.sub.2 O/(Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 +Li.sub.2 O) of falling between 0.49 and 0.52. The photo-functional device can convert a laser ray being incident thereon.
- Inventors:
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- State College, PA
- Los Alamos, NM
- Tsukuba, JP
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873582
- Patent Number(s):
- 6195197
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- lithium; niobate; single-crystal; photo-functional; device; provided; requires; voltage; larger; 10; kv; nm; ferroelectric; polarization; inversion; periodically; inverted; accuracy; comprising; crystal; molar; fraction; nb; falling; 49; 52; convert; laser; ray; incident; thereon; lithium niobate; device comprising; niobate single-crystal; incident thereon; /359/
Citation Formats
Gopalan, Venkatraman, Mitchell, Terrence E, Kitamura, Kenji, and Furukawa, Yasunori. Lithium niobate single-crystal and photo-functional device. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web.
Gopalan, Venkatraman, Mitchell, Terrence E, Kitamura, Kenji, & Furukawa, Yasunori. Lithium niobate single-crystal and photo-functional device. United States.
Gopalan, Venkatraman, Mitchell, Terrence E, Kitamura, Kenji, and Furukawa, Yasunori. Mon .
"Lithium niobate single-crystal and photo-functional device". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873582.
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author = {Gopalan, Venkatraman and Mitchell, Terrence E and Kitamura, Kenji and Furukawa, Yasunori},
abstractNote = {Provided are lithium niobate single-crystal that requires a low voltage of not larger than 10 kV/nm for its ferroelectric polarization inversion and of which the polarization can be periodically inverted with accuracy even at such a low voltage, and a photo-functional device comprising the crystal. The crystal has a molar fraction of Li.sub.2 O/(Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 +Li.sub.2 O) of falling between 0.49 and 0.52. The photo-functional device can convert a laser ray being incident thereon.},
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