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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2023, 12(7): 1441-1453 https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220766
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La-doped PMN–PT transparent ceramics with ultra-high electro-optic effect and its application in optical devices

Show Author's Information Ming Hua,  Zhongcan Changc,  Nan Niea,  Zhujun Wanc,  Wen Donga,b( ),  Qiuyun Fua,b( )
School of Integrated Circuits, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & Optical Valley Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518000, China
National Engineering Research Center of Next Generation Internet Access-system, Wuhan 430074, China
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polarization, transmittance, domain reversal, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PMN–PT) electro-optic (EO) ceramics, tunable optical filter (TOF)
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Hu M, Chang Z, Nie N, et al. La-doped PMN–PT transparent ceramics with ultra-high electro-optic effect and its application in optical devices. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(7): 1441-1453. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220766
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Transparent electro-optic (EO) ceramics of La-doped 0.75Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.25PbTiO3 (0.75PMN–0.25PT) were prepared successfully. High transparency of 69% in the near-infrared (IR) wavelength (1550 nm) was achieved at 2 mol% La doping, meanwhile it shows an extremely high quadratic EO coefficient of 45.4×10−16 m2·V−2, which is indispensable for applications in EO devices. The distribution of a polar nanodomain structure of the samples experiences disorder–order–disorder evolution in a La doping range. It is found that a parallelly-stacked polar nanodomain structure with an easier and faster polarization switching in the 2 mol% La-doped sample suggests that an ordering distribution of polar nanoregions would be critical to inducing large EO effect, transparency, and piezoelectric response. A triple-cavity tunable optical filter (TOF) with a single transmission peak and a tuning voltage below 30 V in a tuning range of 190–197 THz was designed based on our ceramics. The work is believed to bridge the relationship among doping-engineering, EO properties, and polarization behavior, which would guide the further optimization of transparent EO ceramics.


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La-doped PMN–PT transparent ceramics with ultra-high electro-optic effect and its application in optical devices

Show Author's information Ming Hua, Zhongcan Changc, Nan Niea, Zhujun Wanc, Wen Donga,b( ), Qiuyun Fua,b( )
School of Integrated Circuits, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & Optical Valley Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518000, China
National Engineering Research Center of Next Generation Internet Access-system, Wuhan 430074, China

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Transparent electro-optic (EO) ceramics of La-doped 0.75Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.25PbTiO3 (0.75PMN–0.25PT) were prepared successfully. High transparency of 69% in the near-infrared (IR) wavelength (1550 nm) was achieved at 2 mol% La doping, meanwhile it shows an extremely high quadratic EO coefficient of 45.4×10−16 m2·V−2, which is indispensable for applications in EO devices. The distribution of a polar nanodomain structure of the samples experiences disorder–order–disorder evolution in a La doping range. It is found that a parallelly-stacked polar nanodomain structure with an easier and faster polarization switching in the 2 mol% La-doped sample suggests that an ordering distribution of polar nanoregions would be critical to inducing large EO effect, transparency, and piezoelectric response. A triple-cavity tunable optical filter (TOF) with a single transmission peak and a tuning voltage below 30 V in a tuning range of 190–197 THz was designed based on our ceramics. The work is believed to bridge the relationship among doping-engineering, EO properties, and polarization behavior, which would guide the further optimization of transparent EO ceramics.

Keywords: polarization, transmittance, domain reversal, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PMN–PT) electro-optic (EO) ceramics, tunable optical filter (TOF)

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Received: 02 April 2024
Revised: 04 December 2024
Accepted: 05 April 2024
Published: 19 June 2023
Issue date: July 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61971459), the Fund from Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (Grant No. JCYJ20190809095009521), and the Innovation Team Program of Hubei Province, China (Grant No. 2019CFA004), the Innovation Fund of Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & Optical Valley Laboratory (WNLO), and 2022 Shenzhen Central Leading Local Science and Technology Development Special Funding Program Virtual University Park Laboratory Project. The authors thank the Analytical and Testing Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) for providing the SEM, PFM, and XRD measurements.

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