Electro-optic properties of single crystalline ferroelectric thin films

Publication Type

Journal Article

Authors

Reitze, D.H., E. Haton, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, S. Etemad, D.E. Leaird, T. Sands, Z. Karim, A.R. Jr.

DOI

Abstract

We have investigated the transverse and longitudinal electro-optic properties of epitaxial single crystalline lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ferroelectric thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition on [100] silicon and MgAl2O4 substrates. With the electric field applied in a longitudinal geometry, we measure birefringence shifts of up to 1×10 -3. These films exhibit a large optical hysteresis, and may provide a basis for electrically written, optically and nondestructively read nonvolatile memories.

Journal

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

Year of Publication

1993

ISSN

00036951

Notes

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Research Areas

Ramesh Lab