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Research Article | Open Access

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

Ming HuaZhongcan ChangcNan NieaZhujun WancWen 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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Abstract

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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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
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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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Received: 02 April 2024
Revised: 04 December 2024
Accepted: 05 April 2024
Published: 19 June 2023
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