Optical limiting in SrBi2Ta2O9 and PbZrxTi1-xO3 ferroelectric thin films

Pingxiong Yang; Jianfeng Xu; John Ballato; Robert W. Schwartz; David L. Carroll

doi:10.1063/1.1477618

Optical limiting in SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ and PbZr_xTi_1-xO₃ ferroelectric thin films

Pingxiong Yang^*
, Jianfeng Xu
, John Ballato
, Robert W. Schwartz
, David L. Carroll

^*Corresponding author for this work

Clemson University

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Optical limiting effects in SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ (SBT) and PbZr_xTi_1-xO₃ (PZT) ferroelectric thin films have been observed with nanosecond laser pulses at 1.064 μm. Limiting thresholds were found to be 5.84 J/cm² for SBT and between 4.53 and 5.93 J/cm² for PZT, depending on composition, whereas saturation thresholds for the films were about 2.92 J/cm² and between 2.27 J/cm² to 2.97 J/cm², respectively. Damage thresholds around 10.0 J/cm² and between 10.37 J/cm² to 10.54 J/cm², respectively for SBT and PZT, were also determined. A possible mechanism for the observed limiting, nonlinear optical scattering from the ferroelectric domains, is discussed. These results elucidate the origin of the nonlinear optical properties in perovskite-type ferroelectric thin films and show the potential role such materials can play in photonic devices based on nonlinear optical effects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3394-3396
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1477618
State	Published - 6 May 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Optical limiting in SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ and PbZr_xTi_1-xO₃ ferroelectric thin films

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