Electro-optically controlled switching and deflection in domain-engineered LiNbO3

Data di pubblicazione: 3 Apr 2003

ConvegnoFonte dati: ARCHIVIO

We report a beam deflection technique that exploits electric-field controlled deflection and total internal reflection at the interface between two anti-parallel domains realized in a single crystal lithium niobate wafer. The LiNbO3 z-cut sample was 500-μm-thick and was photolithographically patterned and poled by means of an applied electric field, in order to realize two adjacent regions of opposite domain orientation. The boundary between these domains should be very regular and free from residual stress, but in practice, a small residual index difference exists at the interface. An electric filed Ez applied across the interface region, produces equal in magnitude, but opposite in sign, refractive index variations between the adjacent anti-parallel domains. For sufficiently large index variation, and for grazing incidence geometry, that is when the incidence angle is between 87° and 89°, we obtain a high efficient beam …

Editore
International Society for Optics and Photonics
Fonte
Integrated Optical Devices: Fabrication and Testing
ID archivio
45ee4661a63be1cc85fffc9ee43b08fb
Riferimenti
Volume: 4944 Pages: 254-261