We report a spectroscopic investigation of potassium-lithium-tantalate-niobate (KTN:Li) across its room-temperature ferroelectric phase transition, when the sample manifests a supercrystal phase. Reflection and transmission results indicate an unexpected temperature-dependent enhancement of average index of refraction from 450 nm to 1100 nm, with no appreciable accompanying increase in absorption. Second-harmonic generation and phase-contrast imaging indicate that the enhancement is correlated to ferroelectric domains and highly localized at the supercrystal lattice sites. Implementing a two-component effective medium model, the response of each lattice site is found to be compatible with giant broadband refraction.
Falsi, L., Macis, S., Gelkop, Y., Tartara, L., Bonaventura, E., Di Pietro, P., et al. (2023). Anomalous Optical Properties of KTN:Li Ferroelectric Supercrystals. NANOMATERIALS, 13(5) [10.3390/nano13050899].
Anomalous Optical Properties of KTN:Li Ferroelectric Supercrystals
Bonaventura, E;
2023
Abstract
We report a spectroscopic investigation of potassium-lithium-tantalate-niobate (KTN:Li) across its room-temperature ferroelectric phase transition, when the sample manifests a supercrystal phase. Reflection and transmission results indicate an unexpected temperature-dependent enhancement of average index of refraction from 450 nm to 1100 nm, with no appreciable accompanying increase in absorption. Second-harmonic generation and phase-contrast imaging indicate that the enhancement is correlated to ferroelectric domains and highly localized at the supercrystal lattice sites. Implementing a two-component effective medium model, the response of each lattice site is found to be compatible with giant broadband refraction.
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