Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology
Electro-optic (EO) crystals are important material for all-solid-state laser technology, which can be used to fabricate various laser modulators, such as EO switches, laser deflectors, and optical waveguide. The improvements in new high-efficiency EO crystal materials have held great significance to...
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| author | Xuping Wang Xinguo Mao Pan Chen Qian Du Yuguo Yang Panyu Qiao Shaodong Zhang Zhijian Li Rui Zhang Bing Liu Jiyang Wang |
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| description | Electro-optic (EO) crystals are important material for all-solid-state laser technology, which can be used to fabricate various laser modulators, such as EO switches, laser deflectors, and optical waveguide. The improvements in new high-efficiency EO crystal materials have held great significance to the development of laser technology. Potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) is a popular multifunctional crystal because of its remarkable and excellent quadratic EO effect. KTN EO modulation technology offers numerous advantages, such as high efficiency, good stability, a quick response time, and inertia-free characteristics. In this paper, we summarize the research progress of KTN series crystals systemically, including the theoretical exploration on quadratic EO effect, solid-melt crystal growth technique, comprehensive physical characterization, new physical effect and mechanisms exploration, new EO devices development and design. The EO modulation technique based on the Kerr effect of KTN series crystal offers obvious advantages in reducing the drive voltage and device size, which could better meet the developmental needs of future lasers with a wide wavelength, miniaturization, and integration. This may provide theoretical guidance and an experimental basis for the design and development of new EO crystal devices and promote the development of laser technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5eeb7b2eef1041a58fc5776fe7f232282023-08-17T04:27:41ZengElsevierJournal of Materiomics2352-84782023-09-0195838854Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technologyXuping Wang0Xinguo Mao1Pan Chen2Qian Du3Yuguo Yang4Panyu Qiao5Shaodong Zhang6Zhijian Li7Rui Zhang8Bing Liu9Jiyang Wang10Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China; Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Advanced Materials Institute, Key Laboratory of Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250014, China; Corresponding author. Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China.Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Advanced Materials Institute, Key Laboratory of Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China; Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Advanced Materials Institute, Key Laboratory of Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, ChinaAdvanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250014, China; Corresponding author.State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, ChinaElectro-optic (EO) crystals are important material for all-solid-state laser technology, which can be used to fabricate various laser modulators, such as EO switches, laser deflectors, and optical waveguide. The improvements in new high-efficiency EO crystal materials have held great significance to the development of laser technology. Potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) is a popular multifunctional crystal because of its remarkable and excellent quadratic EO effect. KTN EO modulation technology offers numerous advantages, such as high efficiency, good stability, a quick response time, and inertia-free characteristics. In this paper, we summarize the research progress of KTN series crystals systemically, including the theoretical exploration on quadratic EO effect, solid-melt crystal growth technique, comprehensive physical characterization, new physical effect and mechanisms exploration, new EO devices development and design. The EO modulation technique based on the Kerr effect of KTN series crystal offers obvious advantages in reducing the drive voltage and device size, which could better meet the developmental needs of future lasers with a wide wavelength, miniaturization, and integration. This may provide theoretical guidance and an experimental basis for the design and development of new EO crystal devices and promote the development of laser technology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352847823000370Electro-optic effectKerr effectElectro-optic crystalCrystal growthPotassium tantalate niobate crystalLaser modulation |
| spellingShingle | Xuping Wang Xinguo Mao Pan Chen Qian Du Yuguo Yang Panyu Qiao Shaodong Zhang Zhijian Li Rui Zhang Bing Liu Jiyang Wang Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology Journal of Materiomics Electro-optic effect Kerr effect Electro-optic crystal Crystal growth Potassium tantalate niobate crystal Laser modulation |
| title | Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| title_full | Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| title_fullStr | Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| title_short | Potassium tantalate niobate crystals: Efficient quadratic electro-optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| title_sort | potassium tantalate niobate crystals efficient quadratic electro optic materials and their laser modulation technology |
| topic | Electro-optic effect Kerr effect Electro-optic crystal Crystal growth Potassium tantalate niobate crystal Laser modulation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352847823000370 |
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