Abstract
Most applications of a ferroelectric-based electro-optic (EO) beam deflector have been limited by the high applied voltage. In this Letter, we report a dramatically increased EO beam deflection in relaxor ferroelectric potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) crystals by using the electric-field-enhanced permittivity. Due to the existence of the electric-field-induced phase transition in relaxor ferroelectric materials, the dielectric permittivity can be substantially increased by the applied electric field at a certain temperature. Both the theoretical study and the experimental verifications on the enhanced beam deflection and EO effect in the case with the electric-field-induced high permittivity were conducted. The experimental results confirmed that there was a three-fold increase in the deflection angle, which represented a dramatic increase in the deflection angle. By offering a wider deflection range and a lower driving voltage, such a largely enhanced beam deflection is of great benefit to the KTN deflector.
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Chang-Jiang Chen, Ju-Hung Chao, Yun Goo Lee, Annan Shang, Ruijia Liu, Shizhuo Yin, and Robert C. Hoffman, "Enhanced electro-optic beam deflection of relaxor ferroelectric KTN crystals by electric-field-induced high permittivity: publisher’s note," Opt. Lett. 44, 5904-5904 (2019)https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-44-24-5904
22 November 2019: A typographical correction was made to the funding section.
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