Poling thin-film x-cut lithium niobate for quasi-phase matching with sub-micrometer periodicity Article Swipe
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· 2020
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5143266
· OA: W3026293105
Quasi-phase-matched grating structures in lithium niobate waveguides with sub-micrometer periodicities will benefit the development of short-wavelength nonlinear optical devices. Here, we report on the reproducible formation of periodically poled domains in x-cut single-crystalline thin-film lithium niobate with periodicities as short as 600 nm. Shaped single-voltage poling pulses were applied to electrode structures that were fabricated by a combination of electron-beam and direct-writing laser lithography. Evidence of successful poling with good quality was obtained through second-harmonic microscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy imaging. For the sub-micrometer period structures, we observed patterns with a double periodicity formed by domain interactions and features with sizes <200 nm.
