无机材料学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (10): 1079-1096.DOI: 10.15541/jim20240525

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高价态离子掺杂铌酸锂晶体光折变性能的研究进展

田甜1(), 方辰恺1, 张杰1, 王维维2, 伍霆锋1, 徐家跃1()   

  1. 1 上海应用技术大学 材料科学与工程学院, 上海 201418
    2 石家庄铁道大学 数理系, 石家庄 050043
  • 收稿日期:2024-12-18 修回日期:2025-01-02 出版日期:2025-03-19 网络出版日期:2025-03-19
  • 通讯作者: 徐家跃, 教授. E-mail: xujiayue@sit.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:田 甜(1985-), 男, 教授. E-mail: tiant@sit.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(52372013);上海市自然科学基金(22ZR1460600)

Research Progress on Photorefraction of Lithium Niobate Crystal Doped with High Valence Ion

TIAN Tian1(), FANG Chenkai1, ZHANG Jie1, WANG Weiwei2, WU Tingfeng1, XU Jiayue1()   

  1. 1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
    2 Department of Mathematics and Physics, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China
  • Received:2024-12-18 Revised:2025-01-02 Published:2025-03-19 Online:2025-03-19
  • Contact: XU Jiayue, professor. E-mail: xujiayue@sit.edu.cn
  • About author:TIAN Tian (1985-), male, professor. E-mail: tiant@sit.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(52372013);Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(22ZR1460600)

摘要:

铌酸锂(LiNbO3, LN)是一种集声光、电光、弹光、光折变等优越物理特性于一身的多功能晶体, 不仅被誉为“光学硅”, 更有学者提出人类正在进入“铌酸锂谷”时代, 其优异的光电性能使基于其的各类光电器件在人工智能、光电混合集成等新兴领域具有广阔的应用前景。光折变效应是LN晶体非常重要的特性。随着基于LN的光电器件向微纳级尺寸迅速发展, 光折变效应在微纳级尺寸也已逐渐显现。LN单晶是在非绝缘体上采用铌酸锂单晶薄膜(Lithium Niobate on Insulator, LNOI)技术制备各类器件的基材, 可通过掺杂合适的杂质离子来调控光折变性能。相对于传统的低价态阳离子(化合价<铌离子+5价), 近年来发现掺入高价态阳离子(化合价≥铌离子+5价)更有利于提升LN晶体的光折变性能。本文综述了已有报道的高价态阳离子掺杂LN晶体光折变性能的研究成果, 归纳总结出掺钒、钼、铀、铋等高价态离子可以显著提升LN晶体的光折变性能, 尤其是能够有效缩短光折变响应时间, 这有利于LN在微环谐振器、可编程光子器件、非线性光子器件等微纳器件领域的应用。同时, 提出未来可围绕高价态离子掺杂LN, 在高质量大尺寸晶体生长技术、光折变机理、其他具有孤对电子的离子掺杂、基于高价态离子掺杂LN的光电器件这四方面进行研究。

关键词: 铌酸锂晶体, 高价态离子, 光折变性能, 综述

Abstract:

Lithium niobate (LiNbO3, LN) is an artificial crystal with excellent physical properties, such as acousto-optic, electro-optic, piezoelectric, and photorefractive performance. It is not only seen as "optical silicon", but also suggests that humans are entering the era of "Lithium Niobate Valley". Its excellent optoelectronic properties have a wide potential application in emerging fields, such as artificial intelligence and photoelectric hybrid module. Photorefraction was found and proved to be an important property of LN crystal. With development of optoelectronic devices based on LN to micro- and nano-scale, photorefractive effect has gradually appeared. Single crystal LN is the basic material for preparing various devices taking advantage of lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI). The photorefractive properties can be adjusted by doping appropriate impurity ions. Compared with normal ions (valence < +5 (valence of niobium ions)), incorporation of high-valence ions (valence ≥ +5) can be more beneficial to improve photorefractive performances of LN crystals in recent years. This paper summarizes research progress of high-valence ion-doped LN crystals of which doping with V, Mo, U, and Bi ions can effectively adjust their photorefractive properties, suitable for designing micro-ring resonators, optically programmable photonic components, nonlinear photonic devices, and other micro- and nano-scale devices. Finally, based on above advances in high-valence ion doped LN, further research may achieve unprecedented improvements in four aspects: high-quality and big-size crystal growth, photorefractive mechanism, ion doping with lone-pair electrons, and novel optoelectronic devices.

Key words: lithium niobate crystal, high valence ion, photorefractive performance, review

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