Lithium Niobate (LN) kristal he kiʻekiʻe spontaneous polarization (0.70 C/m² ma ka lumi wela) a he aniani ferroelectric me ka mahana Curie kiʻekiʻe loa (1210 ℃) loaʻa i kēia manawa. ʻElua mau hiʻohiʻona ʻo LN crystal e huki i ka nānā kūikawā. ʻO ka mea mua, he nui nā hopena super photoelectric, me ka hopena piezoelectric, electro-optic effect, nonlinear optical effect, photorefractive effect, photovoltaic effect, photoelastic effect, acoustooptic effect a me nā waiwai photoelectric. ʻO ka lua, hiki ke hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻia ka hana o ka kristal LN, ʻo ia ke kumu o ke ʻano lattice a me ka nui o nā hemahema o ka kristal LN. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻia nā waiwai he nui o ka kristal LN e ka haku melemele, element doping, valence state control a pēlā aku. Eia kekahi, he waiwai nui ka kristal LN i nā mea maka, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ka nui-nui hoʻokahi kristal maʻalahi e hoʻomākaukau.

Loaʻa i ka kristal LN nā waiwai kino a me nā kemika, maʻalahi e hoʻoponopono, ākea ākea ākea ākea (0.3 ~ 5μm), a he birefringence nui (ma kahi o 0.8 @ 633 nm), a maʻalahi hoʻi e hana i ke alakaʻi nalu optical kiʻekiʻe. No laila, ua aʻo nui ʻia nā mea hana optoelectronic e pili ana i ka LN, e laʻa me ka kānana hawewe acoustic surface, modulator māmā, modulator phase, isolator optical, electro-optic Q-switch (www.wisoptic.com), ua aʻo nui ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia i kēia mau kahua: ʻenehana uila. , ʻenehana kamaʻilio ʻike, ʻenehana laser. I kēia mau lā, me ka holomua o ka hoʻohana ʻana o 5G, micro/nano photonics, integrated photonics a me quantum optics, LN crystals ua hoihoi hou i ka manaʻo nui. I ka makahiki 2017, ua noi ʻo Burrows o ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard i ka wā o“awāwa lithium niobate” ke hele mai nei.

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