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Effect of Li/Nb ratio on growth and spectrometric characterization of Hf:Fe:LiNbO3 crystals

  • Li Dai*
  • , Shi Ping Wu
  • , Jing Jie Guo
  • , Chao Xu
  • , Yan Qing Su
  • , Yu Heng Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin University of Science and Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Hf:Fe:LiNbO3 crystals were grown by the Czochralski technique with various ratios of Li/Nb = 0.946, 1.05, 1.20 and 1.38 in the melt. The crystal composition and defect structure were analyzed by XRD, UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy. The results show that the threshold concentration of Hf in LiNbO3 crystals decrease with the increasing of the Li/Nb ratio; when the Li/Nb ratio is 1.05, the threshold concentration of Hf is less than 2 mol%, largely under the threshold concentration of Hf ions in congruent Hf:Fe:LiNbO3 crystal (4 mol).13 With the increase of Li/Nb, Hf ions first replace the NbLi4+; when the concentration of Hf ions is higher than the threshold value, Hf ions occurs on normal Nb and Li sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1557-1565
Number of pages9
JournalModern Physics Letters B
Volume23
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Absorption edge
  • Crystal growth
  • Defect structure
  • Hf:Fe:LiNbO

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