UV laser induced ferroelectric domain inversion in lithium niobate single crystals

Ordered nano-scale domains in lithium niobate single crystals via phase-mask assisted all-optical poling

We report the formation of directionally-ordered nanoscale surface domains on the +z face of undoped congruent lithium niobate single crystals by using UV illumination through a phase mask of sub-micron periodicity with an energy fluence between ~90 mJ/cm 2 and 150 mJ/cm 2 at λ=266 nm. We clearly show here that the UV-induced surface ferroelectric domains only nucleate at and propagate along ma...

Influence of Uv Light and Heat on the Ferroelectric Properties of Lithium Niobate Crystals

Quasi-phase matching via femtosecond laser-induced domain inversion in lithium niobate waveguides.

We demonstrate an all-optical fabrication method of quasi-phase matching structures in lithium niobate (LiNbO3) waveguides using a tightly focused femtosecond near-infrared laser beam (wavelength of 800 nm). In contrast to other all-optical schemes that utilize a periodic lowering of the nonlinear coefficient χ(2) by material modification, here the illumination of femtosec...

UV laser‐induced poling inhibition in proton exchanged LiNbO3 crystals

distortion of the ideal domain shape and size thus making fabrication of fine domains challenging [3]. Poling inhibition (PI) induced by UV laser irradiation [6, 7] in congruent (CLN) and MgO-doped LN can overcome the limitation of EFP by reducing the aspect ratio of the inverted domains allowing for the fabrication of finer domain structures. This method is capable of producing domains with a ...

Formation of domain reversal by direct irradiation with femtosecond laser in lithium niobate

We propose that domain inversion can be directly induced by femtosecond laser both theoretically and experimentally, which opens a path to achieve three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear crystal with a period in sub-micron-scale. A simulation of domain inversion is modeled by considering the temporal distribution of femtosecond pulses. The calculation results clarify that the domain inversions can hap...