Fabrication of Conductive Domain Walls in <i>x</i>-cut Congruent Thin-film Lithium Niobate Using an Electrical-field Poling Technique (Invited)

Yawen Su; Haiwei Chen; Mengwei Zhao; Yunfei Niu; Chen Li; Yong Zhang; Shaoguang Yang; Shining Zhu; Xiaopeng Hu

doi:10.3788/LOP240952

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 11, 1116005(2024)

Fabrication of Conductive Domain Walls in x-cut Congruent Thin-film Lithium Niobate Using an Electrical-field Poling Technique (Invited)

Yawen Su¹, Haiwei Chen¹, Mengwei Zhao¹, Yunfei Niu^2、*, Chen Li¹, Yong Zhang¹, Shaoguang Yang¹, Shining Zhu¹, and Xiaopeng Hu^1、**

Author Affiliations

¹National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China

²Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311121, Zhejiang, China

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Yawen Su, Haiwei Chen, Mengwei Zhao, Yunfei Niu, Chen Li, Yong Zhang, Shaoguang Yang, Shining Zhu, Xiaopeng Hu. Fabrication of Conductive Domain Walls in x-cut Congruent Thin-film Lithium Niobate Using an Electrical-field Poling Technique (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(11): 1116005

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Paper Information

Category: Materials

Received: Mar. 22, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 18, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 17, 2024

The Author Email: Yunfei Niu (niuyunfei@zhejianglab.com), Xiaopeng Hu (xphu@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP240952

CSTR:32186.14.LOP240952

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