E-Book, Englisch, Band 91, 424 Seiten, eBook
Ferraro / Grilli / De Natale Ferroelectric Crystals for Photonic Applications
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-77965-0
Verlag: Springer
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Including Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Techniques
E-Book, Englisch, Band 91, 424 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Springer Series in Materials Science
ISBN: 978-3-540-77965-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The idea to write a new book in the ?eld of ferroelectric crystals arose from some considerationsreportedinthefollowing. Inthelast5years,severalgroupsallaround the world in the ?eld of engineering and characterization of ferroelectric crystals have published more than 300 papers. The motivation for such an intense research activity is referable to the fact that the ferroelectric crystals are a key element for the most attractive and useful photonic and optoelectronic devices. In fact, during the 60ies, the scientists realized that the ferroelectric crystals could have been - ?ciently used to generate new, unavailable frequencies, taking advantage of the freshly proposed birefringent phase-matching method. The synchronized rush for the development of novel coherent sources and for the discovery of the best-suited nonlinear crystals for mixing and generation had started. Consequently, the range of applications of ferroelectric crystals has enormously widened in the last years, es- cially based on the use of periodically poled structures (i. e. , PPLN, PPLT, PPKTP, or PPKTA) to quasi-phase-match optical interactions. A new generation of sources is ?nding increasing applications in various ?elds, including high sensitivity trace gas monitoring and any kind of advanced spectroscopic set-ups, thus replacing “old style” gas lasers like Argon-ion or dye lasers. New possibilities are also being - plored to engineer ferroelectric crystals with two- or three-dimensional geometries. Results from this ?eld will allow developing photonic devices combining photonic band-gap properties and nonlinear conversion processes, i. e. , nonlinear photonic crystals.
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Fabrication.- Micro-Structuring and Ferroelectric Domain Engineering of Single Crystal Lithium Niobate.- Fabrication and Characterization of Self-Assembled Ferroelectric Linear and Nonlinear Photonic Crystals: GaN and LiNbO3.- Sub-Micron Structuring of LiNbO3 Crystals with Multi-Period and Complex Geometries.- Nonlinear Optical Waveguides in Stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate.- 3-D Integrated Optical Microcircuits in Lithium Niobate Written by Spatial Solitons.- Characterization.- Light Aided Domain Patterning and Rare Earth Emission Based Imaging of Ferroelectric Domains.- Visual and Quantitative Characterization of Ferroelectric Crystals and Related Domain Engineering Processes by Interferometric Techniques.- New Insights into Ferroelectric Domain Imaging with Piezoresponse Force Microscopy.- Structural Characterization of Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Crystals by High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction.- Applications.- Nonlinear Interactions in Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Nonlinear Photonic Crystals.- Domain-Engineered Ferroelectric Crystals for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics.- Photonic and Phononic Band Gap Properties of Lithium Niobate.- Lithium Niobate Whispering Gallery Resonators: Applications and Fundamental Studies.- Applications of Domain Engineering in Ferroelectrics for Photonic Applications.- Electro-Optics Effect in Periodically Domain-Inverted Ferroelectrics Crystals: Principles and Applications.