scholarly journals Electric field sensors based on optical retarders in lithium niobate (LiNbO3) integrated optics technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Gutiérrez-Martínez ◽  
J. Santos-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Integrated Optics ◽  
Electric Field Sensors

scholarly journals An Integrated Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing a 1 × 2 YBB Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Modulator with a Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguide and a Dipole Patch Antenna

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Optical Waveguides ◽  
Extinction Ratio ◽  
Rf Power ◽  
Applied Electric Field Strength ◽  
Electric Field Sensors ◽  
Electric Field Sensor ◽  
Electro Optic ◽  
Field Sensor

We studied photonic electric-field sensors using a 1 × 2 YBB-MZI modulator composed of two complementary outputs and a 3 dB directional coupler based on the electro-optic effect and titanium diffused lithium–niobate optical waveguides. The measured DC switching voltage and extinction ratio at the wavelength 1.3 μm were ~16.6 V and ~14.7 dB, respectively. The minimum detectable fields were ~1.12 V/m and ~3.3 V/m, corresponding to the ~22 dB and ~18 dB dynamic ranges of ~10 MHz and 50 MHz, respectively, for an rf power of 20 dBm. The sensor shows an almost linear response to the applied electric-field strength within the range of 0.29 V/m to 29.8 V/m.

Modeling and experimental electro-optic response of dielectric lithium niobate waveguides used as electric field sensors

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 035207 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Gutiérrez-Martínez ◽  
J Santos-Aguilar ◽  
R Ochoa-Valiente ◽  
M Santiago-Bernal ◽  
A Morales-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Electric Field Sensors ◽  
Electro Optic

Formation of Regular Domain Structures in Quenched Ferroelectrics Under the Influence of an External High-frequency Electric Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.I. Stefanovich ◽  
O.Y. Mazur ◽  
V.V. Sobolev
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Domain Structure ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Regular Domain ◽  
Field Frequency ◽  
Domain Structures ◽  
Alternating Electric Field ◽  
Lithium Niobate Crystals

Introduction: Within the framework of the phenomenological theory of phase transitions of the second kind of Ginzburg-Landau, the kinetics of ordering of a rapidly quenched highly nonequilibrium domain structure is considered using the lithium tantalate and lithium niobate crystals as an example. Experimental: Using the statistical approach, evolution equations describing the formation of the domain structure under the influence of a high-frequency alternating electric field in the form of a standing wave were obtained. Numerical analysis has shown the possibility of forming thermodynamically stable mono- and polydomain structures. It turned out that the process of relaxation of the system to the state of thermodynamic equilibrium can proceed directly or with the formation of intermediate quasi-stationary polydomain asymmetric phases. Results: It is shown that the formation of Regular Domain Structures (RDS) is of a threshold character and occurs under the influence of an alternating electric field with an amplitude less than the critical value, whose value depends on the field frequency. The conditions for the formation of RDSs with a micrometer spatial scale were determined. Conclusion: As shown by numerical studies, the RDSs obtained retain their stability, i.e. do not disappear even after turning off the external electric field. Qualitative analysis using lithium niobate crystals as an example has shown the possibility of RDSs formation in high-frequency fields with small amplitude under resonance conditions

Testing lithium niobate boules for integrated optics applications

1986 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 674 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.E. Peterson ◽  
S.R. Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Integrated Optics

scholarly journals Rydberg Atom Electric Field Sensors for Communications and Sensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Charles T. Fancher ◽  
David R. Scherer ◽  
Marc C. St. John ◽  
Bonnie L. Schmittberger Marlow
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Rydberg Atom ◽  
Electric Field Sensors

scholarly journals Electro-Optic Control of Lithium Niobate Bulk Whispering Gallery Resonators: Analysis of the Distribution of Externally Applied Electric Fields

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Yannick Minet ◽  
Hans Zappe ◽  
Ingo Breunig ◽  
Karsten Buse
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Frequency Comb ◽  
Parametric Oscillation ◽  
Pockels Effect ◽  
Optical Mode ◽  
Cylindrical Resonator ◽  
Whispering Gallery ◽  
Electro Optic

Whispering gallery resonators made out of lithium niobate allow for optical parametric oscillation and frequency comb generation employing the outstanding second-order nonlinear-optical properties of this material. An important knob to tune and control these processes is, e.g., the linear electro-optic effect, the Pockels effect via externally applied electric fields. Due to the shape of the resonators a precise prediction of the electric field strength that affects the optical mode is non-trivial. Here, we study the average strength of the electric field in z-direction in the region of the optical mode for different configurations and geometries of lithium niobate whispering gallery resonators with the help of the finite element method. We find that in some configurations almost 100% is present in the cavity compared to the ideal case of a cylindrical resonator. Even in the case of a few-mode resonator with a very thin rim we find a strength of 90%. Our results give useful design considerations for future arrangements that may benefit from the strong electro-optic effect in bulk whispering gallery resonators made out of lithium niobate.

Deepening of domains at e-beam writing on the -Z surface of lithium niobate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Kokhanchik ◽  
Evgenii Emelin ◽  
Vadim Vladimirovch Sirotkin ◽  
Alexander Svintsov
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Electron Beam ◽  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Domain Walls ◽  
Normal Component ◽  
Beam Current ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Domain Structures ◽  
Sign Inversion

Abstract The focus of the study was to investigate the peculiarities of the domains created by electron beam (e-beam) in a surface layer of congruent lithium niobate, which comparable to a depth of electron beam charge penetration. Direct e-beam writing (DEBW) of different domain structures with a scanning electron microscope was performed on the polar -Z cut. Accelerating voltage 15 kV and e-beam current 100 pA were applied. Different patterns of local irradiated squares were used to create domain structures and single domains. No domain contrast was observed by the PFM technique. Based on chemical etching, it was found that the vertices of the domains created do not reach the surface level. The average deepening of the domain vertices was several hundred nanometers and varied depending on the irradiation dose and the location of the irradiated areas (squares) relative to each other. Computer simulation was applied to analyze the spatial distribution of the electric field in the various irradiated patterns. The deepening was explained by the fact that in the near-surface layer there is a sign inversion of the normal component of the electric field strength vector, which controls the domain formation during DEBW. Thus, with the help of e-beam, domains were created completely located in the bulk, in contrast to the domains that are nucleated on the surface of the -Z cut during the polarization inversion with AFM tip. The detected deepening of e-beam domains suggests the possibility of creating the “head-to-head” domain walls in the near-surface layer lithium niobate by DEBW.

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