Ferroelectric nanodomain patterning in a stoichiometric LiNbO3 crystal

Shinji Higuchi; Kazuya Terabe; Masaru Nakamura; Shunji Takekawa; Sixin Wu; Yoshihiko Gotoh; Kenji Kitamura

doi:10.1117/12.479165

16 June 2003 Ferroelectric nanodomain patterning in a stoichiometric LiNbO₃ crystal

Shinji Higuchi, Kazuya Terabe, Masaru Nakamura, Shunji Takekawa, Sixin Wu, Yoshihiko Gotoh, Kenji Kitamura

Proceedings Volume 4970, Laser Crystals, Glasses, and Nonlinear Materials Growth and Characterization; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479165
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Microscale to nanoscale ferroelectric domain engineering of a near-stoichiometric LiNbO₃ crystal was investigated by using a scanning force microscope. The single crystal LiNbO₃ was grown by the double-crucible Czochralski method with automatic powder supply system. The electric field required to inverse the polarization direction of the domain was about one-ninth of the filed for a conventional congruent LiNbO₃. The near-stoichiometric LiNbO₃ crystal fixed on metal substrate was polished to a thickness of approximately 5 μm. Polarization directions of the domains were locally inverted by applying voltages with a conductive cantilever of the scanning force microscope. Furthermore, the domain structure was patterned in the LiNbO₃ samples, where the domains were inverted by scanning with the cantilever on the sample while applying voltages.

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Shinji Higuchi, Kazuya Terabe, Masaru Nakamura, Shunji Takekawa, Sixin Wu, Yoshihiko Gotoh, and Kenji Kitamura "Ferroelectric nanodomain patterning in a stoichiometric LiNbO₃ crystal", Proc. SPIE 4970, Laser Crystals, Glasses, and Nonlinear Materials Growth and Characterization, (16 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479165

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