TY - JOUR
T1 - Electro-optic coefficients r13 and r33 of singly Er3+-doped and In3+/Er3+-codoped LiNbO3 crystals
AU - Du, Wan-Ying
AU - Zhang, Pei
AU - Zhang, Zi-Bo
AU - Ren, Shuai
AU - Wong, Wing-Han
AU - Yu, Dao-Yin
AU - Pun, Edwin Yue-Bun
AU - Zhang, De-Long
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - A series of singly Er3+-doped and doubly In3+/Er3+-doped congruent LiNbO3 crystals were grown by Czochralski method. The Er3+-only doped crystals were grown from the growth melts doped with different concentrations of Er2O3 up to 1 mol%, and the In3+/Er3+-codoped crystals from the melts doped with fixed 0.5 mol% Er2O3 while varied In2O3 contents of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mol%. The electro-optic coefficients γ13 and γ33 of these doped crystals were measured by Mach-Zehnder interferometry. Both clamped and unclamped coefficients were measured. The results show that both γ13 and γ33 reveal small Er3+ and In3+ doping effects. In the Er3+-only doping case, γ13 almost does not change within the experimental error of 3%, γ33 reveals a degradation tendency with a rise in Er3+ doping level, but the degradation is no more than 5% in the considered Er3+ concentration range 0–3.0 mol% (in crystal). In the In3+/Er3+-codoping case, both γ13 and γ33 can be regarded as unchanged in the studied In3+ concentration range of 0–2.6 mol% (in crystal) within the error. The small Er3+ or In3+ doping effect is desired in light of electro-optic application of these crystals. It is qualitatively explained on the basis of EO coefficient model and doping effect on defect structure of LiNbO3.
AB - A series of singly Er3+-doped and doubly In3+/Er3+-doped congruent LiNbO3 crystals were grown by Czochralski method. The Er3+-only doped crystals were grown from the growth melts doped with different concentrations of Er2O3 up to 1 mol%, and the In3+/Er3+-codoped crystals from the melts doped with fixed 0.5 mol% Er2O3 while varied In2O3 contents of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mol%. The electro-optic coefficients γ13 and γ33 of these doped crystals were measured by Mach-Zehnder interferometry. Both clamped and unclamped coefficients were measured. The results show that both γ13 and γ33 reveal small Er3+ and In3+ doping effects. In the Er3+-only doping case, γ13 almost does not change within the experimental error of 3%, γ33 reveals a degradation tendency with a rise in Er3+ doping level, but the degradation is no more than 5% in the considered Er3+ concentration range 0–3.0 mol% (in crystal). In the In3+/Er3+-codoping case, both γ13 and γ33 can be regarded as unchanged in the studied In3+ concentration range of 0–2.6 mol% (in crystal) within the error. The small Er3+ or In3+ doping effect is desired in light of electro-optic application of these crystals. It is qualitatively explained on the basis of EO coefficient model and doping effect on defect structure of LiNbO3.
KW - Electro-optic property
KW - Er3+-doping
KW - In3+/Er3+-codoping
KW - Lithium niobate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpcs.2016.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.jpcs.2016.09.013
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0022-3697
VL - 100
SP - 101
EP - 106
JO - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
JF - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
ER -