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This book deals with the latest achievements in the field of ferroelectric domain engineering and characterization at micron- and nano-scale dimensions and periods. The book collects the results obtained in recent years by world renowned scientific leaders in the field, thus providing a valid and unique overview of the state-of-the-art. At the same time the book provides a view to future applications of those engineered materials in the field of photonics.
List of contents
Micro-structuring and ferroelectric domain engineering of single crystal lithium Niobate.- Fabrication and characterization of self-assembled ferroelectric linear and nonlinear photonic crystals: GaN and LiNbO3.- Sub-micron structuring of LiNbO3 crystals with multi-period and complex geometries.- Nonlinear optical waveguides in stoichiometric lithium tantalate.- 3-D integrated optical microcircuits in lithium niobate written by spatial solitons.- Light aided domain patterning and rare earth emission based imaging of ferroelectric domains.- Visual and quantitative characterization of ferroelectric crystals and related domain engineering processes by interferometric techniques.- New insights into ferroelectric domain imaging with piezoresponse force microscopy.- Structural characterization of periodically poled lithium niobate crystals by high resolution X-ray diffraction.- Nonlinear Interactions in Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Nonlinear Photonic Crystals.- Domain-engineered ferroelectric crystals for nonlinear and quantum optics.- Photonic and phononic band gap properties of lithium Niobate.- Lithium niobate whispering gallery resonators: applications and fundamental studies.- Applications of domain engineering in ferroelectrics for photonic applications.- Electro-optics effect in periodically domain-inverted ferroelectrics crystals: principles and applications.
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