摘要:
A problem to be solved is to provide a method of forming domain inverted regions of short period in a ferroelectric single crystal in a controllable time period of application of voltage and an optical wavelength conversion element using the same.A solving means of it solves the problem by forming (i) a control layer having a larger defect density Dcont1 than the defect density Dferro of a ferroelectric single crystal (Dferro
摘要:
A wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings free from damage propagation and a light generating apparatus using it, and a wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings to make a thermal distribution centrosymmetric, and being free from damage propagation, are provided. The wavelength conversion element is realized by comprising a holder and plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals disposed in the holder, wherein plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals have at least five planes; the aspect ratios of planes perpendicular to respective longitudinal directions of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals are virtually unity; and each of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals has a domain inversion structure with a predetermined period in the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction thereof, and is arranged in a way that said direction perpendicular to the polarization direction is the same as those of the other crystals. In addition, the element is realized by selecting ferroelectric material from a group comprising lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, impurity-doped lithium niobate, and impurity-doped lithium tantalate, each with virtually stoichiometric composition, and processing it into the cylindrical ferroelectric single crystal with a virtually completely round cross-section.
摘要:
A problem to be solved is to provide a method of forming domain inverted regions of short period in a ferroelectric single crystal in a controllable time period of application of voltage and an optical wavelength conversion element using the same. A solving means of it solves the problem by forming (i) a control layer having a larger defect density Dcont1 than the defect density Dferro of a ferroelectric single crystal (Dferro
摘要:
An optical device and a method of manufacturing the optical device, with the method including the steps of forming a dopant layer on a stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate with Li to Nb mole composition ratio of 49.5% to 50.5%, and diffusing a dopant in the dopant layer into at least a portion of the stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate. The stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate includes 0.5 to 5 mol % of Mg. In the diffusing step, a heat treatment is performed at a diffusion temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. for a diffusion time of 3 hours to 24 hours in a dry atmosphere of at least one of O2, N2, Ar and He gas having a dew-point temperature of −35° C. or less.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings free from damage propagation and a light generating apparatus using it, and a wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings to make a thermal distribution centrosymmetric, and being free from damage propagation, are provided. The wavelength conversion element is realized by comprising a holder and plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals disposed in the holder, wherein plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals have at least five planes; the aspect ratios of planes perpendicular to respective longitudinal directions of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals are virtually unity; and each of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals has a domain inversion structure with a predetermined period in the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction thereof, and is arranged in a way that said direction perpendicular to the polarization direction is the same as those of the other crystals.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical device having high quality, excellent productivity and optical characteristics, and capable of suppressing a refractive index of a substrate surface from increasing when a dopant is thermally diffused into, or a heat treatment is performed in order to compensate of process distortion in stoichiometric lithium niobate crystal or a crystal substrate in which Mg is doped into the crystal, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing an optical device including the steps of: forming a dopant layer on a substantial stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate; and diffusing a dopant in the dopant layer into at least a portion of the substantial stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate, wherein, in the diffusing step, a heat treatment is performed at a diffusion temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. in an atmosphere in which a gas having a dew-point temperature of 0° C. or less is introduced, preferably for a diffusion time of 3 hours or more, and more preferably 3 hours to 24 hours.
摘要:
A method for treating a photorefractive effect of an optical device, which comprises irradiating an optical device comprising a lithium niobate single crystal or a lithium tantalate single crystal with an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of at least 300 nm and at most 400 nm so as to suppress and control a photo-induced refractive index change (photorefractive effect) caused on the device.
摘要:
An optically functional device comprising a ferroelectric single crystal substrate and polarization-inverted structures formed at portions of the substrate at a temperature of not higher than the Curie temperature by an electron beam scanning irradiation method or a voltage application method and designed to control light passed through the polarization-inverted portions, wherein a LiNbO3 crystal having a molar ratio of Li/Nb within a range of from 0.95 to 1.01, is used as the substrate, so that the propagation loss of light passed through the polarization-inverted portions immediately after formation of the polarization-inverted structures, is not more than 2%.
摘要:
An optical material includes lithium tantalate, and a molar composition ratio of lithium oxide and tantalum oxide (Li2O/Ta2O5) in the lithium tantalate is in the range of 0.975 to 0.982. Since an optical material having a high refractive index is provided in an optical unit, at the same focal distance, a lens thickness can be significantly reduced. As a result, an optical electronic component and an optical electronic device including the optical material has a reduced size and thickness and is highly functional.
摘要翻译:光学材料包括钽酸锂,并且钽酸锂中的氧化锂和氧化钽(Li 2 O / Ta 2 O 5)的摩尔组成比在0.975至0.982的范围内。 由于在光学单元中设置了具有高折射率的光学材料,所以在相同的焦距下,可以显着地减小透镜厚度。 结果,包括光学材料的光学电子部件和光学电子器件具有减小的尺寸和厚度并且具有高功能性。
摘要:
An optically functional device comprising a ferroelectric single crystal substrate and polarization-inverted structures formed at portions of the substrate at a temperature of not higher than the Curie temperature by an electron beam scanning irradiation method or a voltage application method and designed to control light passed through the polarization-inverted portions, wherein a LiTaO3 crystal having a molar ratio of Li/Ta within a range of from 0.95 to 1.02, is used as the substrate, so that the propagation loss of light passed through the polarization-inverted portions immediately after formation of the polarization-inverted structures, is not more than 2%.