%0 Journal Article %1 koppitz2024ferroelectric %A Koppitz, Boris %A Ganschow, Steffen %A Rüsing, Michael %A Eng, Lukas M. %B Phys. Status Solidi A %D 2024 %I John Wiley & Sons, Ltd %J Phys. Status Solidi A %K a b %P 2300967 %R https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300967 %T Ferroelectric hysteresis measurement in the lithium niobate-lithium tantalate single-crystalline family: prospects for lithium niobate-tantalate %U https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300967 %X Poling and structuring of ferroelectric domains form the basis for developing prospective applications using materials from the lithium-niobate (LN) family. Applications range from second harmonic generation to electro-optic modulators or surface acoustic wave devices. In the work presented here, hysteresis measurements are used as a standard method to quantitatively determine the poling properties of these ferroelectrics, including their spontaneous polarization Ps as well as their forward and reverse coercive fields Ec,+ and Ec,?. Systematic measurements that depend on parameters such as the ramp rate R of the applied poling voltage and the waiting time twait between domain inversions are investigated and compared between the congruent variants of LN, lithium tantalate (LT), their magnesium-doped analogues, and stoichiometric LN. For bulk magnesium-doped LN, for example, it is found that the resulting coercive field strongly depends on the speed of the voltage ramp, with Ec$E_c$ values ranging from 11 to 21?kV?mm?1. These investigations are used as fundamental input for poling ferroelectric lithium niobate-tantalate solids (LNT), a system that offers a high potential for tuning the material parameters beyond what is possible for LN or LT.

@article{koppitz2024ferroelectric, abstract = {Poling and structuring of ferroelectric domains form the basis for developing prospective applications using materials from the lithium-niobate (LN) family. Applications range from second harmonic generation to electro-optic modulators or surface acoustic wave devices. In the work presented here, hysteresis measurements are used as a standard method to quantitatively determine the poling properties of these ferroelectrics, including their spontaneous polarization Ps as well as their forward and reverse coercive fields Ec,+ and Ec,?. Systematic measurements that depend on parameters such as the ramp rate R of the applied poling voltage and the waiting time twait between domain inversions are investigated and compared between the congruent variants of LN, lithium tantalate (LT), their magnesium-doped analogues, and stoichiometric LN. For bulk magnesium-doped LN, for example, it is found that the resulting coercive field strongly depends on the speed of the voltage ramp, with Ec$E_{\text{c}}$ values ranging from 11 to 21?kV?mm?1. These investigations are used as fundamental input for poling ferroelectric lithium niobate-tantalate solids (LNT), a system that offers a high potential for tuning the material parameters beyond what is possible for LN or LT.}, added-at = {2024-04-26T15:31:07.000+0200}, author = {Koppitz, Boris and Ganschow, Steffen and Rüsing, Michael and Eng, Lukas M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26e169f54670b6c2fdffdddc56c5a79dd/ctqmat}, booktitle = {Phys. Status Solidi A}, day = 18, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300967}, interhash = {522f25137bc20bc8d6d1f2b53382b1b9}, intrahash = {6e169f54670b6c2fdffdddc56c5a79dd}, issn = {18626300}, journal = {Phys. Status Solidi A}, keywords = {a b}, month = {03}, pages = 2300967, publisher = {John Wiley & Sons, Ltd}, timestamp = {2024-04-26T15:31:07.000+0200}, title = {Ferroelectric hysteresis measurement in the lithium niobate-lithium tantalate single-crystalline family: prospects for lithium niobate-tantalate}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300967}, year = 2024 }