Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 11, 111602(2021)

Field-induced transformation of ferroelectric domain states in KTN crystal

Quanxin Yang1, Xiaojin Li1, Hongliang Liu1,2、*, Yingying Ren3, and Pengfei Wu1,4、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 3Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 4Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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    Category: Optical Materials

    Received: Jul. 20, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 6, 2021

    Posted: Sep. 7, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2021

    The Author Email: Hongliang Liu (drliuhl@nankai.edu.cn), Pengfei Wu (pwu@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.111602

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