Domain-Engineered Thin-Film LiNbO3 Pyroelectric-Bicell Optical Detector

Published

August 1, 2001

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, A. M. Radojevic, R M. Osgood

Abstract

We have fabricated a bicell detector consisting of a single freestanding 10 um thick film of single-crystal lithium niobate (LiNbO3), having two adjacent domains of opposite spontaneous polarization, and hence two adjacent pyroelectric detector regions of equal and opposite sensitivity. The film was created by applying the process of crystal ion slicing and electric field poling (domain engineering) to a Z-cut LiNbO3 wafer. The detector's noise equivalent power was 6 n Whz^-1/2 at 16 Hz, and the ambient temperature-dependent variation of detector's response near room temperature was 0.1 % K^-1. The acoustic noise sensitivity measured at 100 Hz was -24 dB relative to that of a single-domain detector.

Citation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volume

13

Issue

8

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

domain engineering, ion implantation, pyroelectric optical detector, thin film

Citation

Lehman, J. , Radojevic, A. and Osgood, R. (2001), Domain-Engineered Thin-Film LiNbO₃ Pyroelectric-Bicell Optical Detector, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Accessed April 25, 2024)